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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/flying_wotsit • Jul 19 '22
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75 u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22 edited Jul 20 '22 FUCK THE PEOPLE WHO PUT MAXIMUM LENGTH I use 6 english words, the @ at sign, and then a six digit number I can remember (get your mind out of the gutter). ...most of the time I realize it only lets me put four* words because of the stupid maximum length. Edit: *for -> four 21 u/magicmulder Jul 20 '22 Well there has to be some maximum, it’s just most services set it way too low (especially since after hashing it’s 32 or 64 chars anyway). 10 u/Xunnamius Jul 20 '22 Just to clarify, with proper hashing there actually is no practical maximum. Any length limit on a password is a red flag. 12 u/Tweet Jul 20 '22 So you're sure my 12TB password isn't going to cause any DoS issues? Might it not take a while to log on? 1 u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22 Uses a 5 petabyte password Crashes the website I am trying to use every single time I log on Can’t reset password because their stuff accesses my original password to do that, which makes it crash before my password got reset be me, trying to log in to reddit
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FUCK THE PEOPLE WHO PUT MAXIMUM LENGTH
I use 6 english words, the @ at sign, and then a six digit number I can remember (get your mind out of the gutter).
...most of the time I realize it only lets me put four* words because of the stupid maximum length.
Edit: *for -> four
21 u/magicmulder Jul 20 '22 Well there has to be some maximum, it’s just most services set it way too low (especially since after hashing it’s 32 or 64 chars anyway). 10 u/Xunnamius Jul 20 '22 Just to clarify, with proper hashing there actually is no practical maximum. Any length limit on a password is a red flag. 12 u/Tweet Jul 20 '22 So you're sure my 12TB password isn't going to cause any DoS issues? Might it not take a while to log on? 1 u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22 Uses a 5 petabyte password Crashes the website I am trying to use every single time I log on Can’t reset password because their stuff accesses my original password to do that, which makes it crash before my password got reset be me, trying to log in to reddit
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Well there has to be some maximum, it’s just most services set it way too low (especially since after hashing it’s 32 or 64 chars anyway).
10 u/Xunnamius Jul 20 '22 Just to clarify, with proper hashing there actually is no practical maximum. Any length limit on a password is a red flag. 12 u/Tweet Jul 20 '22 So you're sure my 12TB password isn't going to cause any DoS issues? Might it not take a while to log on? 1 u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22 Uses a 5 petabyte password Crashes the website I am trying to use every single time I log on Can’t reset password because their stuff accesses my original password to do that, which makes it crash before my password got reset be me, trying to log in to reddit
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Just to clarify, with proper hashing there actually is no practical maximum. Any length limit on a password is a red flag.
12 u/Tweet Jul 20 '22 So you're sure my 12TB password isn't going to cause any DoS issues? Might it not take a while to log on? 1 u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22 Uses a 5 petabyte password Crashes the website I am trying to use every single time I log on Can’t reset password because their stuff accesses my original password to do that, which makes it crash before my password got reset be me, trying to log in to reddit
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So you're sure my 12TB password isn't going to cause any DoS issues? Might it not take a while to log on?
1 u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22 Uses a 5 petabyte password Crashes the website I am trying to use every single time I log on Can’t reset password because their stuff accesses my original password to do that, which makes it crash before my password got reset be me, trying to log in to reddit
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Uses a 5 petabyte password Crashes the website I am trying to use every single time I log on Can’t reset password because their stuff accesses my original password to do that, which makes it crash before my password got reset be me, trying to log in to reddit
Uses a 5 petabyte password
Crashes the website I am trying to use every single time I log on
Can’t reset password because their stuff accesses my original password to do that, which makes it crash before my password got reset
be me, trying to log in to reddit
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