{"id":16815,"date":"2012-10-08T13:44:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T11:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16815"},"modified":"2012-10-08T13:44:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T11:44:57","slug":"microsoft-takes-password-security-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/08\/microsoft-takes-password-security-to-the-next-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft takes password security to the next level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft takes password security to the next level<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve spotted this link somewhere online, and I think this is funny.<\/p>\n

Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The solution is, as always, obtain the latest service pack.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft takes password security to the next level I’ve spotted this link somewhere online, and I think this is funny. Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords The solution is, as always, obtain the latest service pack.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[2418,2077,1633,200],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-humor","tag-microsoft-windows","tag-passwords","tag-security","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16995,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/07\/the-passwords-are-officially-obsolete\/","url_meta":{"origin":16815,"position":0},"title":"The passwords are officially obsolete","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Slashdot is reporting the story: a cluster of five, 4U servers equipped with 25 AMD Radeon GPUs communicating at 10 Gbps and 20 Gbps over Infiniband switched fabric. 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