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> An old credit union I was part of in NY (SEFCU) mandated passwords with exactly 6 characters. When I complained about this I was told it was secure because th
by rPlayer6554 6y ago
> An old credit union I was part of in NY (SEFCU) mandated passwords with exactly 6 characters. When I complained about this I was told it was secure because they forced one of the characters to be a symbol.
Woah that's so secure. What if you only had 2 characters; both symbols. I'm sure that is 2x as secure.
- michaelcampbell 6y ago> What if you only had 2 characters; both symbols. I'm sure that is 2x as secure. Wouldn't it be 4x? (2^2)
- baobabKoodaa 6y agoYes, it gets more secure as you add more requirements. Let's mandate that last character is a digit larger than 1, but smaller than 3. Also, the password must be exactly 7 characters long, and the first 6 characters must spell out a class in WoW, lowercased.