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Password length requirement (feddit.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by cron@feddit.org to c/cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world

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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@lemmy.world 12 points 8 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

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I think there are other problems before that 😂