Re: Password authorization

From: Дмитрий Иванов <firstdismay(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
Cc: Gavan Schneider <list(dot)pg(dot)gavan(at)pendari(dot)org>, pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Password authorization
Date: 2022-01-21 08:26:42
Message-ID: CAPL5KHq_ThUta1r+FhR6PH3SjJ0Ow51sUwVYs4Cr5upYgB30Kw@mail.gmail.com
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In general, it seems to me that many information security professionals
strengthen security for the sake of security itself, forgetting for a long
time about its original purpose. I have seen situations where password
checking rules were so complex that employees had to collectively come up
with predictable password generation schemes, which meant that passwords
were not only predictable in the historical context of the individual user,
but of the group as a whole.
--
Regards, Dmitry!

пт, 21 янв. 2022 г. в 04:12, Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>:

> > On Jan 20, 2022, at 3:52 PM, Gavan Schneider <list(dot)pg(dot)gavan(at)pendari(dot)org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 21 Jan 2022, at 3:24, Daulat wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, you are right, I am planning for password complexity rules and to,
> force users to change their password.
> >>
> > While you are in the planning stages you may wish to review current best
> practice, e.g., USA National Institute of Standards and Technology.
> >
> > For me the most interesting aspect of the revised standard is how
> forcing password changes and complexity rules often leads to reduced
> security in the real world.
> >
> > Refer:
> > https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63-3.html
> > https://auth0.com/blog/dont-pass-on-the-new-nist-password-guidelines/
> (for a more human readable version :)
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Gavan Schneider
>
> Slightly off-topic, but I once ran into a system that would not allow
> kk1bsk#$ as a password because it contained a dictionary word.
>
> Still wondering what dictionary they were using...
>
>
>
>
>

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