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The added security comes through how the new "plaintext password" is randomly generated (so you don't have to worry about users picking bad passwords). ~~Altho
by ccmcarey 7y ago
The added security comes through how the new "plaintext password" is randomly generated (so you don't have to worry about users picking bad passwords).
~~Although it seems PATs are ~42 bits, which seems a little low~~
- recursive 7y agoI didn't even know access tokens were a thing until just right now. In my reading about them, I found this, which has a screenshot, which suggests the token has ~40 hex digits. Assuming they're independent and random, that yields ~160 bits. Where are you seeing 42? https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/c...
- ccmcarey 7y agoWow, I completely messed up characters and bits.