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Updating Password Length Policy based on new NIST Guidelines #460

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[NIST's guidance] (https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html#passwordver) is: "Verifiers and CSPs SHALL require passwords to be a minimum of eight characters in length and SHOULD require passwords to be a minimum of 15 characters in length." Based on internal discussion we are looking to adopt as split SHALL/SHOULD approach for the policy.

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Closes #442

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These changes look good. Splitting the policy into Shall/Should is a good idea, especially since it is consistent with NIST policy.

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Add the new NIST-800-63B Password Guidelines to the Resources section of the Policy Group.
https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html#passwordver
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@mdueltgen mdueltgen requested a review from buidav October 7, 2024 11:16
@adhilto adhilto marked this pull request as draft October 9, 2024 16:44
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