although ... there might be a related problem that makes restricting to ASCII make sense. If usernames are also UTF8, will there be potential problems using them in URLs? I know UTF8 in urls have been discussed a lot, but I've no idea what the current state of play is (does it work well on all platforms).
thanks. On 12/13/06, Daniel McBrearty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
the site is available in about 15 languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Greek ... it doesn't make any sense to restrict to [A-Z][a-z]. Some users may be hardly using those. If people lock themeselves out, they can get a reminder emailed (which will use those characters). On 12/13/06, Marc Espie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:16:30AM +0100, Daniel McBrearty wrote: > > Am migrating from an old system which used Basic Auth, to this plugin. > > As mentioned in a previous post, using > > > > password_type => crypted > > > > means that the old passwords still work. Nice ... > > > > But reading the docs for "crypt" I just noticed that it can screw up > > on unicode wide chars, so it looks like a good idea to migrate away > > from crypt to hashed. The best way to do this would be to make the > > plugin support both ... something like : > > I really don't think it's a good idea to allow non-ascii characters > into passwords. > > People will screw themselves over: choose a password with an é, change > machines, and realize you don't know how to enter an é from the new > setup. > > _______________________________________________ > List: Catalyst@lists.rawmode.org > Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.rawmode.org/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > -- Daniel McBrearty email : danielmcbrearty at gmail.com www.engoi.com : the multi - language vocab trainer BTW : 0873928131
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