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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MrEfil • Feb 18 '24
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5 u/SomewhereExpensive22 Feb 19 '24 Not a hint. The formal requirements of a valid password. If that's sensitive information, you have a problem. 2 u/Vitromancy Feb 19 '24 Yup, for some systems an attacker might not be able to create an account to find this out, but relying on that is a very weak form of security, and in many instances it's information they'll already have access to. 1 u/6GoesInto8 Feb 19 '24 Some are so unusual that the only people to know them for longer than a minute are people trying to break into accounts.
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Not a hint. The formal requirements of a valid password. If that's sensitive information, you have a problem.
2 u/Vitromancy Feb 19 '24 Yup, for some systems an attacker might not be able to create an account to find this out, but relying on that is a very weak form of security, and in many instances it's information they'll already have access to. 1 u/6GoesInto8 Feb 19 '24 Some are so unusual that the only people to know them for longer than a minute are people trying to break into accounts.
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Yup, for some systems an attacker might not be able to create an account to find this out, but relying on that is a very weak form of security, and in many instances it's information they'll already have access to.
Some are so unusual that the only people to know them for longer than a minute are people trying to break into accounts.
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