Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity
arrow-up1468arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square160fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 hours agoA couple years ago I ran into one with a 12 character limit… I never understood password limits, other than something sufficiently large like 256 to prevent DOS. It’s not like the password is actually being stored anywhere… right? RIGHT??
A couple years ago I ran into one with a 12 character limit…
I never understood password limits, other than something sufficiently large like 256 to prevent DOS. It’s not like the password is actually being stored anywhere… right? RIGHT??