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by vincheezel 1124 days ago
>westpac

(Not so) fun fact, Westpacs account password policy requires the following:

6 characters. Not minimum. 6 exactly. (!!!)

Includes at least 1 number and one letter

No special characters, spaces or repeating characters

And it’s case insensitive! Very convenient indeed if your caps lock is broken or something

2 comments

6 characters sounds like crypt(). Pretty common on old Unix.

Edit: I stand corrected, that's 8 characters.

I guess someone from their management uses the "dragon" password, so such policy.