u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoProceeds to append an exclamation marki.imgflip.comimagemessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1783arrow-down16
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minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoYou know some turd in the IT department was so proud of themselves for coming up with that too.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAnd of course they have to be storing the passwords in plain text somewhere to maintain that history.
minus-squareStabbingSky@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoStoring passwords in plain text not a requirement to have a password history.
minus-squarepoolcritter@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·58 minutes agoIn this case, it’s required to store which character was in which place in which password, so if not directly stored in plaintext it could still be trivially solved.
You know some turd in the IT department was so proud of themselves for coming up with that too.
And of course they have to be storing the passwords in plain text somewhere to maintain that history.
Storing passwords in plain text not a requirement to have a password history.
In this case, it’s required to store which character was in which place in which password, so if not directly stored in plaintext it could still be trivially solved.
It is when it’s that specific.