Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoShould've just picked a better passwordlemmy.worldimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down121cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageShould've just picked a better passwordlemmy.worldSome_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square36linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days 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.