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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 · 3 months ago

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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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“I just increment the number at the end” is a phrase I’ve heard so many times

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