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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules (arstechnica.com)
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Here is the text of the NIST sp800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines.

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 116 points 1 week ago (2 children)

NIST generally knows what they're doing. Want to overwrite a hard drive securely? NIST 800-88 has you covered. Need a competition for a new block cipher? NIST ran that and AES came out of it. Same for a new hash with SHA3.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

NIST generally knows what they're doing

For now, at least. Could change after Inauguration Day.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Didn’t know about sha3.