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Password security enforcement rules are bizarre

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Can someone explain the algorithm that is used to determine that a proposed password is sufficiently secure? Specifically I was forced to 'upgrade' my password to something more secure, and it kept rejecting passwords for being 'easily guessed' but only when I would add an additional character to make the password longer. So, for example, if I suggested:

 

 'money123me' this would be acceptable, but if I tried

 

'money123mecow' this was considered to be easily guessed and rejected.

 

It makes no sense that a longer password would be considered less secure, so it makes me concerned that there are some strange limitations in the password system that make it vulnerable.

 

Thanks,

Brian


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