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Once, on purpose, I wrote a login system that enforced globally unique passwords. Ie. no two users could share the same password. I can't even remember why it
by svmegatron 16y ago
Once, on purpose, I wrote a login system that enforced globally unique passwords. Ie. no two users could share the same password. I can't even remember why it seemed like a good idea while I was designing it, but the problem quickly became apparent once anyone started trying to use it.
- waqf 16y agoDid you store the passwords in cleartext or did you use unsalted hashes? Those are the only ways I can think of to enforce uniqueness, and they're both deprecated practices in themselves.