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Re:I hate password rules by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:10PM (#29243141)
So, for a bank the maximum is to allow NSA to crack it if they wish, right?
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Re:I hate password rules by reaperducer on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:19PM (#29243281)
They kept insisting that a 20-character password is safer than one with 30 characters. I couldn't get them to understand otherwise.
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Re:I hate password rules by genewitch on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @11:48AM (#29255431)
On nsa.gov for a long time the max password length was 12 characters. Last checked in 2016.
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