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Bug 691458 - Allow passwords longer than 16 characters
Allow passwords longer than 16 characters
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 647849
Product: bugzilla.gnome.org
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: general
unspecified
Other Windows
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Assigned To: Bugzilla Maintainers
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Reported: 2013-01-10 05:29 UTC by Behnam Esfahbod
Modified: 2013-01-10 08:36 UTC
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Description Behnam Esfahbod 2013-01-10 05:29:01 UTC 
It's a minor security risk to limit passwords to 16 characters, and distracting for users/developers who like to use long (random-generated OR favorite) passwords.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2013-01-10 08:36:22 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 647849 ***