The difference between 7 and 8 is computationally negligible these
days. 8 characters creates two halves of a LanMan hash (which is still
created by default, both on servers and workstations). Enforcing an
eight character complex password means users will typically put the
special character (*...
days. 8 characters creates two halves of a LanMan hash (which is still
created by default, both on servers and workstations). Enforcing an
eight character complex password means users will typically put the
special character (*...
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