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Route42 and StoryChief Raise 100K in Fundathon Led by Peak Captial (opens in new tab)

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Go 1.5 reduces GC by 96% (opens in new tab)

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Ask HN: What are valid reasons for limiting password length?

I personally get very frustrated if websites reject my 128 character random generated passwords with some error message like "Password too long, maximum of 16 characters".

Are there any (legit) reasons for doing this? I couldn't come up with one as they should hash them, and it doesn't matter for the hash function whether the input is 1 or 1000 characters long. Performance loss is minimal.

It really feels like they are using encryption, instead of hashing. Which would be a major security issue.

10RobinUS212y ago15

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Route42 and StoryChief Raise 100K in Fundathon Led by Peak Captial (opens in new tab)

Go 1.5 reduces GC by 96% (opens in new tab)

Ask HN: What are valid reasons for limiting password length?

Recent submissions

Route42 and StoryChief Raise 100K in Fundathon Led by Peak Captial (opens in new tab)

Go 1.5 reduces GC by 96% (opens in new tab)

Ask HN: What are valid reasons for limiting password length?