Stop restricting my password - Help these sites get better security.

Re:Stop restricting my password - Help these sites get bette... by TheKid on Friday January 22, 2010 @12:25AM (#1069178)

ING's isn't a password it's a PIN number. That's why you can't use any letters or special characters.

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Re:Stop restricting my password - Help these sites get bette... by garethm on Friday January 22, 2010 @12:46AM (#1069192)

That is kind of true - ING do call it a PIN. The thing is that all I can do with the PIN is to log on to their online banking site. That makes it a password in my opinion.

If I want to use my card at an ATM say, they require me to use a different PIN.

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Re:Stop restricting my password - Help these sites get bette... by pmjordan on Friday January 22, 2010 @06:00AM (#1069466)

And the penalty for typing in the wrong PIN at an ATM is presumably a lot higher than providing the wrong PIN on their website, which means the feasibility of a brute force attack (which is what password complexity is all about) is entirely different.

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Re:Stop restricting my password - Help these sites get bette... by ldite on Friday January 22, 2010 @06:19AM (#1069482)

No; 3 incorrect PIN entries on their website locks you out, and you have to get a reset. DoS of other people is made harder by also needing a customer number to login.

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