Comment on Ask HN: What are valid reasons for limiting password length?Comments−andrewcooke12ythe only limit that comes to mind is 16kB (IIRC some servers limit at that) for an HTTP header parameter (since presumably it will be posted).but as others have said, the reason is likely to be blind following of poorly thought-out specs.
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the only limit that comes to mind is 16kB (IIRC some servers limit at that) for an HTTP header parameter (since presumably it will be posted).
but as others have said, the reason is likely to be blind following of poorly thought-out specs.