Password length
Why not have longer passwords? I know current password length is safe enough, but would be nice to have say 30-40 character length password at a minimum... maybe its just me!
6 Replies
metropolitan-bronzeOP•2y ago
Never know with quantum computing right? 😅
extended-salmon•2y ago
Are you referring to the password you set when signing up for Neon or the password you set when creating a new user in a project?
metropolitan-bronzeOP•2y ago
new user in a project.
most people are signing up with google / github I assume already, so didn't use a password there.
extended-salmon•2y ago
A password of 60 bits of entropy is usually sufficient for most purposes. Of course, you can choose a password with a higher entropy 😄
absent-sapphire•2y ago
I'll just add that you can change that generated password to whatever you like from the Neon SQL Editor or an SQL client like psql using this syntax:
ALTER USER bob WITH PASSWORD 'your_new_password';
Resetting the password in the Neon Console only changes the password to another generated password.
Thanks for the question. I see an opportunity to improve the docs here.
metropolitan-bronzeOP•2y ago
cool. Thanks!