Max length for user password

[nsvora]

Hi All,
I need information regarding maximum length of user password that can be configured in LDAP edirectory and Active Directory server. I could not locate this information in RFC.

Any idea where can i get this information?

Thanks & Regards,
nsvora

 

[tsuji]

http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/01/what-is-real-maximum-password-length.html

 

[nsvora]

Thanks for the information tsuji,
Does it mean that max length for user configured in Active Directory is 127 bytes ? But i was not able to locate this information in any RFC ..

Is password length same for user configured in edirectory ?

Thanks,
nsvora

 

[tsuji]

I don't think rfc's would consider appropriate to pronounce on the specific length of the passward which would be related to the authentication mechanisms, neither regulate the latter by decree. It is intimately related to the underlying os and/or implementation related to the progress of the technology (soft and hardware) at large and there are degrees of freedom every implementation deserves to have.