Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Massively? For every 3 digits you look at, they're only blocking about 26 out of 1000 possible values. Factor in that there are 4 starting points to apply the restriction to, and you get roughly 10% of passwords being blocked. That's only a sixth of a bit of entropy being lost. Barely anything.


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: