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Password length requirement (feddit.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Last week, I tried to register for a service and was really surprised by a password limit of 16 characters. Why on earth yould you impose such strict limits? Never heard of correct horse battery staple?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

sqlquery = "INSERT INTO users (username, password) VALUES ('" + username + "', '" + password + "')"

What could go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Password=a");drop table users;--

Alas, it's longer than 16 characters. Protection works!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

They often don't allow semicolons but it's never stopped me from checking

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

John O'neill always wonder why there are all these strange computer errors around him when he is about to sign up something. Oh, John O'neill, poor guy...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Christopher Null feels his pain.