[pve-devel] [PATCH installer/{pve, pmg}-docs/proxmox-backup v3 0/8] raise minimum root password length to 8 characters

[Christoph Heiss]

Ping, still applies cleanly everywhere.

On Mon Dec 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM CET, Christoph Heiss wrote:
> This idea came to light while talking with Shannon about #5756 [0].
>
> It is 2024, so raising the minimum length for the root password as
> entered during the installation from 5 to 8 characters seems very
> sensible. NIST also recommends a minimum length of 8 characters for
> passwords [1].
>
> See also the respective patches for PVE/PMG [2] and PBS [3] - both
> series have been already applied.
>
> I've sent the documentation patches all together with this series, since
> a) they are trivial, b) not to clutter the other mailing list and c) to
> keep everything together for review.
>
> [0] https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5756
> [1] https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html#passwordver
> [2] https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20241004133205.258755-1-s.sterz@proxmox.com/
> [3] https://lore.proxmox.com/pbs-devel/20241004134054.263913-1-s.sterz@proxmox.com/