Timeline for Why do password requirements exist while limiting the upper character count? [duplicate]
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| Jan 12, 2021 at 17:29 | history | closed | Rory Alsop♦ | Duplicate of What technical reasons are there to have low maximum password lengths? | |
| Jan 12, 2021 at 17:29 | history | reopened | Rory Alsop♦ | ||
| Jan 11, 2021 at 18:05 | vote | accept | George Alfaro | ||
| S Jan 11, 2021 at 13:47 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Jan 11, 2021 at 13:44 | history | closed | Mike Ounsworth kelalaka mentallurg IMSoP Dmitry Grigoryev | Opinion-based | |
| Jan 11, 2021 at 13:40 | comment | added | Mohirl | A few years ago I was setting up online banking for a business account at a local bank. The required me to specify two separate passwords, each subject to a string of password requirements. And each exactly 8 characters long. Which in combination with the overly stringent rules meant that the dictionary of allowable passwords was greatly reduced. I used a different bank | |
| Jan 10, 2021 at 14:12 | comment | added | IMSoP | Does this answer your question? What technical reasons are there to have low maximum password lengths? | |
| S Jan 10, 2021 at 8:38 | history | suggested | NobleKangaroo | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Grammar, typos, clarity |
| Jan 10, 2021 at 5:12 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 9, 2021 at 23:27 | comment | added | Mike Ounsworth | @GeorgeAlfaro In the interest of naming&shaming, it was this Tim Horton's credit card through the Canadian bank CIBC. I refused to create an online account with those password rules, and forced them to send me everything by paper mail. | |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 23:09 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 9, 2021 at 17:41 | comment | added | kelalaka | Does this answer your question? Passphrase vs. password entropy | |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 16:38 | answer | added | gowenfawr | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 16:09 | answer | added | user163495 | timeline score: 49 | |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 16:07 | comment | added | gowenfawr | Almost a duplicate of Passphrase vs. password entropy | |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 16:03 | comment | added | multithr3at3d | A good read, if you've missed it: security.stackexchange.com/q/33470/90657 | |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 15:49 | comment | added | George Alfaro | Note to self: don't open a bank account wherever Mike lives 😂 | |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 15:46 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 9, 2021 at 15:32 | history | edited | George Alfaro | CC BY-SA 4.0 | deleted 3 characters in body |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 15:32 | comment | added | Mike Ounsworth | There are still some banks in my country that require passwords no longer than 12 characters. Let's start with those :P | |
| Jan 9, 2021 at 15:13 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 9, 2021 at 15:09 | history | asked | George Alfaro | CC BY-SA 4.0 |