The only time I had issues with high-ASCII characters was at a small startup that had one of the first IP KVMs I had ever seen. It used SQL 2000 to keep track of permissions for logging in, and it really barfed on high-ASCII characters in the password. Wouldn't work at all.
Kurt On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 08:00, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > I would recommend not using any of the high ASCII (ALT+255) characters (for > your regular user population). This isn't an MS problem, but a user > problem. I use high ASCII only on service accounts and other places where I > only have to touch something once in blue moon. I had a "knowledgeable" > user who insisted on using a high ASCII character or two in their password > and they invariably had problems when changing their password (remembering > the new one, mistyping it, you name it). > High ASCII characters in a password doesn't necessarily make the password > safer, see myth 10 at http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1554. > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> If you're running a mixed environment of Windows and UNIX, I would >> recommend avoiding the "@" character. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Special characters in passwords >> >> Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows >> passwords? >> >> Joseph L. Heaton >> Windows Server Support Group >> Information Technology Branch >> Department of Fish and Game >> 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 >> Sacramento, CA 95811 >> Desk: (916) 323-1284 >> Cell: (916) 919-5816 >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
