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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules (arstechnica.com)

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But it really doesn't, unless you're sending megabytes of text or something. Industry standard password algorithms run the hash a lot of times, and your entry will only impact the first iteration.

I usually set mine to 256 characters to prevent DOS attacks, and also so I don't need to update it ever. Most of my passwords are actually around 20-30 characters in length (I pick a random length in the slider on my password manager), because I don't want to be there all day if I ever need to manually enter it (looking at you stupid smart TV...).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

unless you're sending megabytes of text or something

That’s exactly what someone malicious would do though, either in a single password submission or DOS via the password maximum repeatedly. IMO there is no functional security difference between a 64 and a 256 character password, so the NIST 64 character max is reasonable.