Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinecybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1474arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square152fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinecybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 hours agoI usually do 256 characters. That’s long enough that most password managers top out anyway (mine tops out at 128), and it shouldn’t ever present a DOS risk. Anything much beyond that and you’ll go beyond the hash length.
I usually do 256 characters. That’s long enough that most password managers top out anyway (mine tops out at 128), and it shouldn’t ever present a DOS risk. Anything much beyond that and you’ll go beyond the hash length.