# Min Password Length vs Block Common Passwords

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-password-length-vs-block-common-passwords/58207>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2 Marzo, 2017 04:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-password-length-vs-block-common-passwords/58207 "2017-03-02T04:50:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [5 Marzo, 2017 00:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-password-length-vs-block-common-passwords/58207/17 "2017-03-05T00:38:07Z")

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We should probably disallow setting password length under 8. Can you add that validation to the site settings file @techAPJ

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