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What is it with websites restricting passwords to 8 - 16 characters? Is there some technical limitation to their system?? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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It's infuriating to create a "strong password" with letters, numbers, upper and lowercase, symbols, and non-repeating text... but it has to be only 8 to 16 characters long.

That's not a "strong" password, random characters or not.

Is there a limitation that somehow prevents these sites from allowing more than 16 characters?

I'm talking government websites, not just forums. It seems crazy to me.

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[-] over_clox@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

What company do you speak of?

Microsoft?

Literally what in the actual fuck?

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I'll explain slow. MS offers a native way to manage updates, both for servers and workstations. It's called Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

Assuming you have your shit together as a Windows admin, you're running the infrastructure on Active Directory (AD). WSUS is how you control and roll out Window's updates in an AD environment.

No surprises, no bullshit. Roll updates however it works for your org.

Questions?

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Why the fuck would I ask any questions?

I literally patched and updated MicroXP 0.82 to the point that it can run Windows 7 in VirtualBox.

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