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LiefZimmerman's avatar
Oct 04, 2024

Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT require users to change passwords periodically.

That subject line is a requirement in the most recent NIST publication for Digital Identity Guidelines.
https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html

 

A summary is here:

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/0021240/nist-proposes-barring-some-of-the-most-nonsensical-password-rules

with links to

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/nist-proposes-barring-some-of-the-most-nonsensical-password-rules/

 

The authors take is that these are nonsensical and commonsense updates.
I agree, from a users perspective, with the basics set out in the piece - but what aren't they/I thinking about?

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