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Password length requirement (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Last week, I tried to register for a service and was really surprised by a password limit of 16 characters. Why on earth yould you impose such strict limits? Never heard of correct horse battery staple?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

ADD FIELD PASSWORD VARCHAR(16)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = "$name" OR password = "$password"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

sqlquery = "INSERT INTO users (username, password) VALUES ('" + username + "', '" + password + "')"

What could go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Password=a");drop table users;--

Alas, it's longer than 16 characters. Protection works!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

They often don't allow semicolons but it's never stopped me from checking