Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets Wasting Your Time. Weve all been forced to do it create a password with at least so many characters, so many numbers, so many special characters, and maybe an uppercase letter. Guess what The guy who invented these standards nearly 1. Weve all been forced to do it create a password with at least so many characters, so many numbers, so many special characters, and maybe an uppercase letter. He is also very sorry. The man in question is Bill Burr, a former manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST. In 2. 00. 3, Burr drafted an eight page guide on how to create secure passwords creatively called the NIST Special Publication 8. Appendix A. This became the document that would go on to more or less dictate password requirements on everything from email accounts to login pages to your online banking portal. All those rules about using uppercase letters and special characters and numbersthose are all because of Bill. The only problem is that Bill Burr didnt really know much about how passwords worked back in 2.
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