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Re:Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names by kgrin on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @09:32AM (#9027273)
Err... what's a plausible reason passwords would be restricted to 20 chars, other than being stored in plaintext in a char(20) field?
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Re:Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names by 0942v8653 on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @09:38AM (#9027316)
Making sure you can't DDoS by sending gigabyte passwords for the server to hash. Of course 20 is seriously … overprotective.
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Re:Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names by mgkimsal on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @02:17PM (#9029247)
Pretty sure nothing's stopping me from sending a gig of data to their server anyway.
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Re:Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names by 0942v8653 on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @02:32PM (#9029342)
No, but hashing is much more intensive than just receiving it.
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