Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1474arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square127fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareescapesamsara@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 days agoThen you’re vulnerable to simple brute force attacks, which if paired with a dumped hash table, can severely cut the time it takes to solve the hash and reveal all passwords.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoBy any length I meant no maximum length. Obviously you don’t want to use a super short password.
Then you’re vulnerable to simple brute force attacks, which if paired with a dumped hash table, can severely cut the time it takes to solve the hash and reveal all passwords.
By any length I meant no maximum length. Obviously you don’t want to use a super short password.