On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 19:45:47 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 08:25:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 20:10:14 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:31:34 +0300 > > > PanosGR <panagoulias...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello PanosGR, > > > > > > >I have tried everything and still doesn't get to work. > > > > > > Very often passwords are required to contain a mix of upper and lower > > > case letters and one or more numerals. Some sites require 'special' > > > characters (%#~$, etc) to be used, some limit their use. > > > > Indeed, all of this happens, usually without any explanation whatsoever. > > For whose benefit are such requirements constructured? > > > > -- > > Brian. > > > > Some of this is to make passwords harder to guess / harder to brute-force. > Some of this is to satisfy regulatory requirements - so credit card > transactions have particular restrictions / two factor authentication > or similar.
My quety related to *whose benefit* these rules are imposed? Your answer implies it is for the benefit of the website. I am not aware of any regulatory requirements placed on the user in the UK for devising passwords. > One of the bits of advice is to use long passwords made up of three > random words and to use a different password per website / to use > your web browser to generate an appropriate random password. > Forcing passwords to change regularly may not be a good way to > maintain security - it can mean that people use password01, password02 > and things like that. Changing passwords at frequent intervals? Total nonsensense as far as advice goes. -- Brian.