On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:51:33 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote: >>> >> My strong maxim is "Don't mess with the user's input." It's >> pointless and irresponsible for applications (TPX in this case) >> to tie developers' hands against future enhancements by converting >> passwords to upper case or enforcing syntax rules given that RACF >> already (optionally) does that, at the implementation layer where >> it is properly done. > >RACF didn't fold the password until recently. > All the more reason, then, that applications should _never_ have folded passwords. It merely prevented users' employing a capability present in the underlying system.
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