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Does having a minimum number of digits improve password security?
Some password systems will enforce at least X of a type of character - a common one I see is 'minimum 3 numeric characters'. As far as I understand, simply allowing certain character classes, like ...
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Why are passwords limited to 16 characters?
What is the reason that most websites limit to 16 characters?
I would have thought the longer the password the more difficult it makes it for someone to crack it?
Is it something to do with hash ...
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When changing a password, does it have to be completely different?
When changing a password how important is it to have a significantly different one? For example is it bad to reverse the sequencing of the old password to make a new one or change a few numbers?
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password complexity policy for non “English” passwords
In an internationalized application, what is the best practice for a policy on complexity of passwords? I am not having luck searching for the answer. Wikipedia lists these items for password ...
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Using passwords made of words
People say don't use passwords in the dictionary but if you use two words isn't it alright? Dictionaries have at least 10,000 entries so just two words will be 100,000,000 possibilities (and that's ...
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Why do password strength requirements exist?
Password strength is now everything, and they force you to come up with passwords with digits, special characters, upper-case letters and whatnot. Apart from being a usability nightmare (even I as a ...
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How long should the password be?
The minimum password length recommended is about 8 characters, so is there any standard/recommended maximum length of the password?
