https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25925

--- Comment #19 from Matthew Flaschen <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #17)
> (In reply to comment #15)
> > However, password brute-forcing can be used against anyone, even those who
> > always use HTTPS.
> 
> To what end?

To get into their account, the same reason an attacker brute-forces anyone.  I
don't know what you're getting at.  Like I said, there are different attack
scenarios.

(In reply to comment #18)
> Could we not program it to prompt the user to change their password if its
> "weak"/"under the X character count"? which would seem to solve most of the
> issues/arguments presented here about locking people out.

So never lock anyone out, but force a change on login?  That seems like a
potentially reasonable approach for non-privileged accounts.  It still leaves
inactive accounts with a weak password, but ensures migration of actively used
accounts over time.

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