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Password length requirement (feddit.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/cybersecuritymemes

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Last week, I tried to register for a service and was really surprised by a password limit of 16 characters. Why on earth yould you impose such strict limits? Never heard of correct horse battery staple?

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[–] phcorcoran 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sure but if my password is the entire lord of the rings trilogy as a string, hashing that would consume some resources

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[–] Valmond 2 points 4 months ago

I think there are other problems before that 😂

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