Closed Bug 524368 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Increase the value of USER_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH

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(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, enhancement)

enhancement
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RESOLVED FIXED
Bugzilla 3.6

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(Reporter: LpSolit, Assigned: LpSolit)

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The current value of USER_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH is 3, which looks a bit too small to me. It should be 6 or 8. This won't affect already set passwords, but new passwords will need to be longer.
Attached patch patch, v1Splinter Review
Nowadays, 3 characters-long passwords are too insecure.
Assignee: general → LpSolit
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Attachment #413968 - Flags: review?(mkanat)
Target Milestone: --- → Bugzilla 3.6
Comment on attachment 413968 [details] [diff] [review]
patch, v1

Yeah, agreed.
Attachment #413968 - Flags: review?(mkanat) → review+
Flags: approval+
Want to relnote it?

Checking in Bugzilla/Constants.pm;
/cvsroot/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Constants.pm,v  <--  Constants.pm
new revision: 1.121; previous revision: 1.120
done
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Yeah, seems like a reasonable thing to relnote in the "Other Enhancements and Changes" section.
Keywords: relnote
Added to the release notes in bug 547466.
Keywords: relnote
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