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 > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Clark Morris >Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 2:18 PM >To: [email protected] >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
