[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31772: Browser unresponsive with long password

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#31772: Browser unresponsive with long password
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 Reporter:  BevanR        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Users         |     Version:  3.7
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:  javascript, performance
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Changes (by BevanR):

 * keywords:  has-patch => needs-patch


Comment:

 The maintainer thinks implementing Web Workers is overkill and will
 instead look to make zxcvbn more performant for long passwords.  Since
 that will take some time, in the meantime they suggested only checking the
 first ~75 characters as the best solution.  The disadvantages of this
 approach are all very minor and/or extremely unlikely edge cases.

 I think this is ready for work again with a patch to only analyse the
 first 75 characters of the password for its strength.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31772#comment:15>
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