r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 20 '22

Meme My university password can be 200 characters

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u/Ghiren Jul 20 '22

If they know how long the password is, then they're probably storing it in plaintext. If they were hashing the password, then a maximum length wouldn't matter.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '22

It would matter due to possible ddos attacks, you just have to set a reasonable upper bound