Like I said, it makes no sense, and for some reason the more afflicted field (username) got less restricted much much earlier than passwords. It just grew to this point historically, through some very incoherent steps.
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Like I said, it makes no sense, and for some reason the more afflicted field (username) got less restricted much much earlier than passwords. It just grew to this point historically, through some very incoherent steps.
Also, mild funny streak: You are expecting people to use SHA-256, that's already a step up for a lot of sites using SHA-1 or MD5 still. :P
hahahaha And a young junior myself encoding passwords in whirlpool back those days 😂😂 can't even remember, was it 512 bit worth of hash maybe?
Badass past-me...