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unnecessarily complicated pass rules

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Posted by Electronicsguy   India  (1 post)  Bio
Date Wed 31 May 2017 10:13 AM (UTC)
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I find the password rules unnecessarily complicated. Please simplify it to something like: atleast 8 chars, 1 number and 1 uppercase.
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #1 on Thu 01 Jun 2017 10:55 PM (UTC)
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When you join the forum you are emailed a password, so you shouldn't need to worry about what the rules are.

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atleast 8 chars, 1 number and 1 uppercase.


So you would be happy with "Password1" or "Aaaaaaa1"?

The rules are supposed to protect you from using really simple passwords like that. Also as a good rule, you should not be attempting to re-use passwords that you use elsewhere. If one site is compromised, and you use the same password everywhere, then all your accounts are compromised.

See Ever re-use your passwords? You're a hacker's dream.

The fact is that this forum is joined by very few genuine people these days. There are however a lot of "spam" accounts, which are being auto-deleted. I don't intend to make it easier for people to hack into the forum.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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