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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules (arstechnica.com)

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[–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Please don’t take those recommendations out of context.

They also recommend MFA, but people only ever bring up the “no rotation” bit.

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago

Are they at least recommending non-SMS MFA now?

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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Emphasis was from the article, not mine.

They also recommend not using knowledge based prompts, allowing at least 64: characters,

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