Why is password 12 characters

RE: Why is password 12 characters

brianreinhold — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:22:10 GMT

The problem is that every forum site requires username and password and often the username has to be unque or email. There are just SO many that when each one has special requirements you try to create one that satisfies them all. Most require a minimum of 8 with one or more special characters, mixed case, or digits. When you finally create this weird password it's really nice to be able to reuse it. If I am absent from this site for several months and need to come back and its NOT stored on the computer, I will never remember what this password was. How many people do you think actually type in the password each time? Probably 0 to none. The computer remembers it. So when you have to actually type one it, you hope one of your standard ones will work.

RE: Why is password 12 characters

esivertsen — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:42:53 GMT

Hi Brian,

the dialog where you change passwords requires 12 characters, but no special ones.
Iæll note it as a bug that the originally created one is actually 8 characters - it should be 12.

However, there are no requirements for special characters.
The idea with this, is that you can create passwords that are long enough for brute-force resilience, while also being possible to remember.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Eivind

RE: Why is password 12 characters

brianreinhold — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:11:22 GMT

Interesting. When I got the email where I could change my password, I tried an 8-character one and I got an error saying it had to be 12 characters. Is that a bug?

RE: Why is password 12 characters

awneil — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:23:24 GMT

Discussions about the forum itself should be in Backstage:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/backstage/f/backstage-forum

(although my password is only 7 characters).