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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Amicitas to c/technology
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Here is the text of the NIST sp800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines.

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[–] Tanoh 13 points 3 months ago

Only issue I see is that the 8 chars required is very short and easy to brute force. You would hope that people would go for the recommended instead, but doubt it.