Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoShould've just picked a better passwordlemmy.worldimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down118
arrow-up1307arrow-down1imageShould've just picked a better passwordlemmy.worldSome_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s somewhat common to limit password lengths to avoid DoS attacks that exploit a slow key generation function. But that limitation should on some hundreds or a few thousands characters. Sites that use limits like “16” are probably storing them as plain text.
It’s somewhat common to limit password lengths to avoid DoS attacks that exploit a slow key generation function.
But that limitation should on some hundreds or a few thousands characters. Sites that use limits like “16” are probably storing them as plain text.