With BLC, until a few months ago, I was also restricted to 6 characters. I emailed them asking why it was that way. And they said to not worry, that their system was secure ..
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Stephane Bakhos <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 09:22:13AM -0500, Stephane Bakhos wrote: > >>>>> I don't know if BMO is any better, they limit your password to 6 > >>>>> characters for their online banking service :( > >>>> > >>>> I think you'll find out that it is 6 _digits_ > >>> > >>> No, it's characters, mine is alphanumeric. Still annoying though. > >> > >> Convert the letters to numbers (look at a phone keypad). > > > > Try typing in different letters that correspond to the same digits next > > time you log in, and find out whether the modified password is accepted. > > Of course it is accepted > All passwords seem to be stored as the digits, so as long as the digits > match you're in. > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > -- :(){ :|:& };:
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