Yeah, I don't have problems with 'em. This user had a problem, repeatedly. Some people know just enough to be dangerous and make my life more difficult... On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
