I will burn your servers to the ground, foul villain
I will burn your servers to the ground, foul villain
FWIW: these types of password rules are discouraged by NIST -
Many companies ask their users to reset their passwords every few months, thinking that any unauthorized person who obtained a user’s password will soon be locked out. However, frequent password changes can actually make security worse.
It’s difficult enough to remember one good password a year. And since users often have numerous passwords to remember already, they often resort to changing their passwords in predictable patterns, such as adding a single character to the end of their last password or replacing a letter with a symbol that looks like it (such as $ instead of S).
So if an attacker already knows a user’s previous password, it won’t be difficult to crack the new one. The NIST guidelines state that periodic password-change requirements should be removed for this reason.
2FA - Two factor authentication, you get asked a second secret besides your password.
OTP - one time password, you receive a code over SMS or mail.
TOTP - Time based one time password, you have to have an authentication app that creates a clock based cryptographic code.
FIDO2 - fast identity online standard version 2, is a set of ID verification. Usually you’re asked to confirm access on another certified device. Like google asking you to check your phone for a notification when logging into a new browser.