# Password Restrictions **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 11, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477 "2023-04-11T00:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/1 "2023-04-11T00:04:35Z")
So, there’s this new computer system at work, and we all need to make an account on it, but it has a bunch of really annoying restrictions on the allowed passwords. What’s worse, it doesn’t tell you what the restrictions are on the password, until you try a password, and it tells you one restriction that you’re violating. So you fix that one, and it tells you another restriction, and so on. First try: 123456 ```auto Your password must be at least 10 characters long ``` Next try: 1234567890 ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/2 "2023-04-11T00:30:32Z")
your password must contain at least one lower case letter Next try: Password99 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/3 "2023-04-11T00:38:49Z")
> Your password must contain at least two special characters. Next try: Pass!word99& ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/4 "2023-04-11T00:41:52Z")
Try: SDMBChronos!321 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/5 "2023-04-11T01:40:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Next try: > Pass!word99& ```auto Your password must have a capital letter somewhere other than the first letter ``` Next try: pass@WORD00& ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/6 "2023-04-11T01:57:45Z")
> One of the special characters you have chosen is invalid. Next try: pass$WORD00^ ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/7 "2023-04-11T04:28:21Z")
> Your password must not contain dictionary words of more than three characters Next try: p@ss$WQRD00^ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/8 "2023-04-11T05:39:29Z")
> You may not use any type of character more than once in a row. Next try:p@sSwQrD0o^ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/9 "2023-04-11T06:59:58Z")
Monkey butt 123$, always works. Oops. BBL ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/10 "2023-04-11T10:51:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Your password must not contain double consecutive letters, even if in different cases. Next try:p@s7SwQrD0o^ ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/11 "2023-04-11T11:31:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Your password must not reuse letters, even if in different cases. Next try:p@s75wQrD0o^ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/12 "2023-04-11T12:30:42Z")
> Your password must not have two consecutive numbers. Next try: p@s7^5wQrD0o^ ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/13 "2023-04-11T12:50:47Z")
> Your password must not contain characters whose ASCII representation is evenly divisible by C. Next try: n@s6^5vQrD0o^ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/14 "2023-04-11T14:54:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Your password must not end in a special character n@s6^5vQrD0o^1 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/password-restrictions/982477/15 "2023-04-11T22:31:59Z")
```auto Your password must not contain adjacent characters on adjacent keyboard keys ``` d#0lIz~ 8f$\4