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Password length requirement (feddit.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (6 children)

ADD FIELD PASSWORD VARCHAR(16)

[–] cron@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

sqlquery = "INSERT INTO users (username, password) VALUES ('" + username + "', '" + password + "')"

What could go wrong?

[–] Gremour@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Password=a");drop table users;--

Alas, it's longer than 16 characters. Protection works!

[–] _bcron@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

They often don't allow semicolons but it's never stopped me from checking

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