Amen I have 2 banks I deal with that will not allow special characters and 2 others that will. The 2 that don't are among the "big" name banks! Jon Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:40:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: One of those dumb things... From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Ironically, in my experience banks and financial institutes seem to be the weakest. No special characters, no password longer than 8. Really? On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: I run into several of these a week. Quite annoying... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market… On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Mike Tobias <[email protected]> wrote: I love it when some websites won’t let you use special characters in your password. I bet they’ll let you use “password” though… From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lum Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 11:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] One of those dumb things... I use passphrases as my passwords wherever I can. Today trying to log into our guest wireless for the first time I’m presented with a portal and when I enter my password and it tells me “passwords must not contain spaces”. Seriously? I have has a space in my Windows passwords for years – while I avoid spaces for fields I might script, like username and folder names, for a password I’ve never worried about it. Dumb. David Lum Network System Admin, Information Services office 503-265-4728 | modahealth.com I’m excited to announce that ODS Health is now Moda Health. Please make a note of my new email address, [email protected], so we can stay connected. This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete the message.
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