New US Government Password Guideline
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The US Government Agency NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology has
issued new security guidelines for passwords. NIST no longer recommends password
complexity using a mix of upper & lower case with letters and symbols. NIST has
determined that password length is more effective. The new guidline recommends
between 16-64 characters. This allows users to use a short phrase thats much easier
to remember. The second recommendation is for companies to STOP having users change
their passwords on regular intervals. This practice leads to users simply adding a
number at the end that increments with each change.
This blog post is simply
a quick summary. For full details, please refer to NIST Special Publication 800-63B
on the NIST.gov website.
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I recommend using 16 characters, turn OFF symbols and similar characters.
