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I just checked. Vanguard passwords can be up to 10 characters long
by jbuzbee 14y ago
I just checked. Vanguard passwords can be up to 10 characters long
- kibwen 14y agoFor perspective, this is an absurdly short sequence.
- jbuzbee 14y agoYou could argue that there should be no limit or maybe the limit should be higher, but I'd have a hard time arguing that a 10 character password composed of upper, lower, specials and digits is absurd
- dbpatterson 14y agoYou _should_ argue that there ought to be no limit. There is absolutely no reason why there should be a limit below maybe 4k (and even then, I'm not sure. Perhaps some limit if DOS is concern...). The only reason why there are limits now is that there is code running on their servers specifically stopping passwords that are longer - which is insane, if you think about it - they are actively preventing people from creating stronger passwords. I'd rather create a 20-30 character password with no specials (which is still massively harder to crack than a 10 char with all possible specials), because it is easier to type in on mobile, but with this system, I couldn't - which is dumb.
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- pheleven 14y agoThey don't accept lower case - if you have capslock on you'll still be logged in. I don't think they accept all special characters either.
- jbuzbee 14y agoYou're right - I just tried my password using all caps instead of mixed-case - ouch!
- davidcuddeback 14y agoOuch. I didn't know their passwords were case insensitive. I thought they didn't accept all special characters either, but I just successfully changed my password with special characters that I don't remember them accepting last time I changed my password. I was successfully able to log in using a version of my new password with the case changed for some letters.