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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules

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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Proposed guidelines aim to inject badly needed common sense into password hygiene.

Here is the text of the NIST sp800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines.

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“What’s your password?”

“The letter A.”
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  Mine is the null string. They’ll never guess it!

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