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How to get a password? Just ask...

  • Artigo

Network managers are fighting a lonely battle on security with the majority of users and directors carelessly giving their passwords to complete strangers.
Sometimes it helps if you offer chocolate!

https://www.computing.co.uk/networkitweek/news/2058275/users-spill-password-beans

Btw., did you know, that a Windows password could be up to 127 characters long? How long is yours?

Urs

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    The actual length of a password in Windows is 127. This because we are storing UNICODE characters. The reserved buffer is 256 bytes, which means for 2-byte UNICODE 128 characters. Because it's a C-library string type, one byte is reserved for the length of the string, which, finaly, resolves in 127 characters! Have fun... ;-) Urs

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2007
    Actually currently the technical max size of a Windows PW is 256. Although you can entrer 127 chars in the GUI, only. However PWs > 127 chars may be an interesting consideration for service passwords, as this would prevent changing these PWs from the UI...

  • Anonymous
    September 29, 2007
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