Please select a password between 6 and 12 characters
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I hear ya. One of my big pet peeves is web forms that don't allow valid characters in email addresses. For example, I use yvan**+**stupidwebsite@mydomain.com so addresses for all sites are unique, but about 50% of websites don't allow the plus character. In actual fact, the email address "()<>[]:,;@\"!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{}| ~ ? ^_`{}|~.a"@example.org is valid.
Hah! I have worse: my Domain includes a hyphen. I know of two sites (one of them my bank) which will not accept email addresses with a hyphen anywhere - so to sign up I have to use a disposable email, then change the email address to the real one afterwards (which works, showing their programmers are lazy little buggers)
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I hear ya. One of my big pet peeves is web forms that don't allow valid characters in email addresses. For example, I use yvan**+**stupidwebsite@mydomain.com so addresses for all sites are unique, but about 50% of websites don't allow the plus character. In actual fact, the email address "()<>[]:,;@\"!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{}| ~ ? ^_`{}|~.a"@example.org is valid.
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Yes, the world is running short on bytes; we must shorten passwords to save the bytes for our children! OK -- so these messages always piss me off. I'm making a list that I'll post publicly to shame these organizations (including my bank) into changing their password policies. Please send me a list of any sites you encounter with a restrictive password policy!
Yvan Rodrigues wrote:
Please send me a list of any sites you encounter with a restrictive password policy!
If the passwords that are accepted by the site is not limited they are opening themselves to a DoS attack. [Edit] This article puts it best: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15591[^]
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.
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Yvan Rodrigues wrote:
Please send me a list of any sites you encounter with a restrictive password policy!
If the passwords that are accepted by the site is not limited they are opening themselves to a DoS attack. [Edit] This article puts it best: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15591[^]
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.
Edit: sorry, I didn't see your link. You're right, overly complex of hashing algorithms can have an effect on performance as the length of password increases. As suggested in the article, I would be content with a 4096 byte password limit :laugh:
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Better than the password situation, the US Social Security Administration has hired an outside service to authenticate - it looks like the same one used by Pop Money - when new users attempt to create an account. The criminal bastards use some kind of fancy web analytics to create questions that supposedly only the real individual could answer. When I tried to open an account to check on my potential retirement payments, it asked me for the current address of the psychotic female I divorced 25 years ago! I have no idea where she is, where she's been, or who she's defrauded lately, but I have no way to protest this crap, and can't get past it. It's the same outfit that blocked me from sending money from my bank to a dear friend in an emergency, and using questions about this same female! This crap ought to be a crime, but I can't even find someone to complain to!!:mad:
Will Rogers never met me.
I remember that rant... I guess you never got to the end of it in any satisfactory manner...
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I hear ya. One of my big pet peeves is web forms that don't allow valid characters in email addresses. For example, I use yvan**+**stupidwebsite@mydomain.com so addresses for all sites are unique, but about 50% of websites don't allow the plus character. In actual fact, the email address "()<>[]:,;@\"!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{}| ~ ? ^_`{}|~.a"@example.org is valid.
Yvan Rodrigues wrote:
Yeah, just try "spelling" that one out to your friends. Marc
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Yes, the world is running short on bytes; we must shorten passwords to save the bytes for our children! OK -- so these messages always piss me off. I'm making a list that I'll post publicly to shame these organizations (including my bank) into changing their password policies. Please send me a list of any sites you encounter with a restrictive password policy!
I know what you mean. Internal sites at my workplace do weird things too. Some use employee IDs as log-ins, some use email addresses and there's another that seems to use some randomly generated number as the log-in ID. The restrictions on the passwords all seem to be different too! My pet hate is the "secret question" thing. If they let you design your own question, fine. But when you can only select from a list comprising "What is your favourite colour?", "What is you favourite music artist?" and all similar, I have a problem. My "favourate" X Y Z change from time to time. Why can't they ask factual questions like "What is your mother's maiden name?" or "Which country were you born in?". Having said that, I still have a problem because my non-English answers can be spelled in a few different ways when put into alphabets... :doh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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I know what you mean. Internal sites at my workplace do weird things too. Some use employee IDs as log-ins, some use email addresses and there's another that seems to use some randomly generated number as the log-in ID. The restrictions on the passwords all seem to be different too! My pet hate is the "secret question" thing. If they let you design your own question, fine. But when you can only select from a list comprising "What is your favourite colour?", "What is you favourite music artist?" and all similar, I have a problem. My "favourate" X Y Z change from time to time. Why can't they ask factual questions like "What is your mother's maiden name?" or "Which country were you born in?". Having said that, I still have a problem because my non-English answers can be spelled in a few different ways when put into alphabets... :doh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
Your pet hate personified ;)[^] SFW
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I remember that rant... I guess you never got to the end of it in any satisfactory manner...
Quad skating his way through the world since the early 80's... Booger Mobile - My bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - check out the blog here!! | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
Nope. As far as I've been able to determine, they've never fixed it. I've been back a couple of times, but keep getting the same crap. But what the heck, maybe I'll try again tonight! :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
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Nope. As far as I've been able to determine, they've never fixed it. I've been back a couple of times, but keep getting the same crap. But what the heck, maybe I'll try again tonight! :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
hehe... that's the spirit!! And speaking of spirits, be sure to collect a scotch first!!
Quad skating his way through the world since the early 80's... Booger Mobile - My bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - check out the blog here!! | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
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hehe... that's the spirit!! And speaking of spirits, be sure to collect a scotch first!!
Quad skating his way through the world since the early 80's... Booger Mobile - My bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - check out the blog here!! | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
Hehehe... After 4 scotches ( I think ), I tried again, and this time no questions about the psychobitchfromhell. Yay! I got through, account established, and I verified that I have just about enough coming to me after a lifetime of working hard to starve slowly to death on dry cat food. Thank Bog for Obamacare! :rolleyes:
Will Rogers never met me.
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Hehehe... After 4 scotches ( I think ), I tried again, and this time no questions about the psychobitchfromhell. Yay! I got through, account established, and I verified that I have just about enough coming to me after a lifetime of working hard to starve slowly to death on dry cat food. Thank Bog for Obamacare! :rolleyes:
Will Rogers never met me.
Woohoo!! Go you!!
Quad skating his way through the world since the early 80's... Booger Mobile - My bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - check out the blog here!! | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
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I know what you mean. Internal sites at my workplace do weird things too. Some use employee IDs as log-ins, some use email addresses and there's another that seems to use some randomly generated number as the log-in ID. The restrictions on the passwords all seem to be different too! My pet hate is the "secret question" thing. If they let you design your own question, fine. But when you can only select from a list comprising "What is your favourite colour?", "What is you favourite music artist?" and all similar, I have a problem. My "favourate" X Y Z change from time to time. Why can't they ask factual questions like "What is your mother's maiden name?" or "Which country were you born in?". Having said that, I still have a problem because my non-English answers can be spelled in a few different ways when put into alphabets... :doh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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Yes, the world is running short on bytes; we must shorten passwords to save the bytes for our children! OK -- so these messages always piss me off. I'm making a list that I'll post publicly to shame these organizations (including my bank) into changing their password policies. Please send me a list of any sites you encounter with a restrictive password policy!
So you are telling me that if your password was pen*s (kss filter, figure it out) then it would be too short?
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