Trying to sign in for the first time. Is a 100 character alphanumeric string with symbols really not strong enough?

It only needs to be 20 characters or so. Have you set your IP address? [image] "Core error: Unexpected: Could not connect to the SAFE Network" Can't create an account to use the Browser Support Hmm - tried that combo and it works for me. Here’s the standard procedure. St…

This makes me think about how, whenever people are being shown/handheld this project by its proponents, they need to be told how important it is to have one really strong ‘secret’ that nobody but you is going to guess—and how it may seem excessive, but that they need to be alerted to how this techno…

Yes, I set the IP. I started with 12, then 32, then 48, then 64, and finally 100, only to be told each time that it wasn’t strong enough. I used the windows 64 non mock browser installer, and it led me through the steps. I pasted in my code, and was asked to create the account secret. This is wh…

Seems odd, we use a standard checker there. It will fail if the string for instance is repeated etc. So you could see 20 chars being secure, but adding chars actually making it less secure and so on if it repeats or becomes guessable, close to a know text etc.

[image] dirvine: we use a standard checker there To add a bit more, SAFE authenticator uses zxcvbn for checking password strengths. You can read about it and find an informative / debugging tool here: [image] zxcvbn: realistic password strength estimation …

OK, I tried the zxcvbn demo and it rates my password 4/4 with all categories of guessing in centuries. I’m generating it with lastpass. Not sure what to do next.

I suggest submitting this as an issue and trying a different approach to your password. If you mix case, numbers etc you shouldn’t need more than a dozen characters.

It does seem strange. I haven’t come across this one before. I’m using Win 10 and I just set up a test account with secret and password both set to “heresmystrongpw”. I wonder if you’re not connected to the network? Blocked by a firewall perhaps. Can you try logging in using the above credentials, …

I noticed that the check seems glitchy when you copy-paste the password string, but works fine when you type character by character.

OK, I was able to proceed! It is a paste issue. Typing it did the trick. “heresmystrongpw” worked first. This will make the use of long passwords much more difficult. Thank you everyone for your suggestions.

Account secret needs to be stronger

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JPL July 20, 2018, 8:15pm 2

It only needs to be 20 characters or so. Have you set your IP address?

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