On 24 May 2014 17:44:52 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:

>https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=%2Fnl
>s%2Frbagsinvariantcharset.htm 
>
>For the AS/400, but I think probably applicable or 99% applicable to z/OS.
>Note the exception list at the top.

Thanks, I have just copied the list and sent it to my wife.  I will
use this when I next change my passwords.  They will not be an
algorithmic change.

Clark Morris
>
>I have used this list when I needed to design a token that could be e-mailed
>to a customer and produce predictable code points on the z.
>
>Charles
>
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>Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 2:18 PM
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>Subject: Re: Special characters for Passwords
>
>On 24 May 2014 07:40:49 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
>
>>[email protected] (Paul Gilmartin) writes:
>>> I hate EBCDIC!  USASCII code points are relatively stable, even 
>>> outside the USA.
>>
>>old standby ... EBCDIC was the biggest computer goof ever ... 
>>originally
>>360 was suppose to be ASCII machine
>>http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM
>>and
>>http://www.bobbemer.com/FATHEROF.HTM
>>http://www.bobbemer.com/HISTORY.HTM
>
>I would never use the nationals because of their instability.  Which of the
>following are stable across code pages?
>, comma
>. period
>( left parentheses
>) right parentheses
>* asterisk
>+ plus sign
>- minus sign or hyphen
>= equal sign
>& ampersand
>% percent sign
>_ underscore
>/ slash
>< less than sign
>> greater than sign
>: colon
>; semi-colon
>
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