saladoc

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Ask HN: Why do some Services enforce a maximum password length?

Shouldn't the password length be irrelevant since they are hashed anyway? Is a service enforcing a maximum length a sign of plain text passwords being stored or are there legitimate reasons?

2saladoc2y ago6

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Ask HN: Why do some Services enforce a maximum password length?

Shouldn't the password length be irrelevant since they are hashed anyway? Is a service enforcing a maximum length a sign of plain text passwords being stored or are there legitimate reasons?

2saladoc2y ago6