In a recent note, Ulrich Boche said: > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:52 +0100 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am constantly amazed at the number of sites which FORBID the use of > > special characters in passwords and userid's. ... > > Well, RACF for example doesn't allow special characters (apart from $, > #, and @) in passwords. This makes it very difficult for any site to > allow such characters if the user repository is RACF (or Top Secret or > ACF/2). > Yes, but please don't take the behavior of RACF as Divine mandate. I interpreted the OP's intention as, "I am constantly amazed at the number of sites [and security products such as RACF] which FORBID the use of special characters in passwords and userid's. ..." The rationale of design decisions made by RACF is subject to question as the rationale of any site's local decision. In fact, plausible rationales for RACF's choice have appeared elsewhere in this thread.
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