Subj : Re: Determining Password Strength
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : NuSkooler
Date : Fri Apr 10 2020 13:46:32


poindexter FORTRAN around Thursday, April 9th...
 PF> I'm frustrated by sites that impose retrictions on password complexity. 
 PF> I've  had sites complain about 20 character passwords, sites that allow 
 PF> some  special characters and not others, sites complain about 3 
 PF> consecutive  letters when picked at random, and so on.

Another fun experiement is to find the *hidden* lengths of passwords some
sites/software use. What I mean by this is some sites TRUNCATE your password so
 for example a password of 15 characters may be the "same" as 15+10 more
characters as they truncate at 15. This can also be a red flag (but not
necessairly always the case) that they may be storing plain-text passwords.



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