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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 months ago by Amicitas@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Here is the text of the NIST sp800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines.

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 335 points 2 months ago (76 children)

Reworded rules for clarity:

  1. Min required length must be 8 chars (obligatory), but it should be 15 chars (recommended).
  2. Max length should allow at least 64 chars.
  3. You should accept all ASCII plus space.
  4. You should accept Unicode; if doing so, you must count each code as one char.
  5. Don't demand composition rules (e.g. "u're password requires a comma! lol lmao haha" tier idiocy)
  6. Don't bug users to change passwords periodically. Only do it if there's evidence of compromise.
  7. Don't store password hints that others can guess.
  8. Don't prompt the user to use knowledge-based authentication.
  9. Don't truncate passwords for verification.

I was expecting idiotic rules screaming "bureaucratic muppets don't know what they're legislating on", but instead what I'm seeing is surprisingly sane and sensible.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (8 children)

re #7, I hope they are also saying no 'secret questions' to reset the password?

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Yeah, I think 7 and 8 both cover that. I recently signed up for an account where all of the "security questions" provided asked about things that could be either looked up or reasonably guessed based on looked up information.

We live in a tech world designed for the technically illiterate.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sarah Palin had her Yahoo mail account hacked because of those "security" questions. In 2008. We should be well past the time where they are a thing.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Q: What do you often see when you look out your back window?

A: Vladimir Putin riding a horse shirtless.

Hey maybe the GOP got connected with Putin because he was often at Palin's backyard BBQs when he would ride over to say hi when he saw the gathering.

Though I also just noticed there's only two letters different between Putin and Palin... Maybe it was just Putin in a wig the whole time.

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