Claudius Link<p>And the Custom banned password list of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EntraID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EntraID</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Password" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Password</span></a> Protection just continues the joke.</p><p>First, it can only contain 1000 entries. And yes, I really don't want to manage a big custom list.</p><p>And it gets even worse. The list is intended to contain company specific banned words like brand or product names, company-specific internal terms as well as abbreviations. Entries must be at least 4 characters. </p><p>WTF, half the companies I worked for had 3 letter names. And there are many other BWM, KIA, SAP, IBM, GM, BBC, NBA, NFL, UPS, DHL, ...</p><p>And don't get me started on acronyms. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLA</span></a> (Three-Letter-Acronym) is a term for a reason.</p><p>This means, taking my current company as an example, that SMA12 would be an accepted password (if it would be for the length) because 'SMA' 3 points + '12' 2 points is 5 points).</p><p>To reach the necessary length you could simply combine it. E.g. 'SMASolar1' would be an accepted password even if 'Solar' was a banned word.</p><p>And I CAN'T do ANYTHING!!!</p><p>Or at least not anything sensible. If I start to put combinations of 'SMA*' in the custom banned pw list, I'm back at an inadequate big list I have to manage myself 🤮.</p><p>And even then SMASolar1234 stays valid 🤬<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fail</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecurityFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityFail</span></a> </p><p>Call for <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Help</span></a>: I would be very happy if someone can show me that I'm wrong. The state of Microsoft Entra ID Password Protection is a MUCH bigger pain than that I would have been wrong 😜.</p>