[Tfug] Allowed Password Characters

Anthony Steckman tfug@tfug.org
Fri Jul 19 03:32:01 2002


Sounds about right.

Any printable 7-bit ASCII character according to a web reference Paul found:

http://www.ece.concordia.ca/Documentation/passwords.html


Bowie J. Poag wrote:
> I recall having "g*73>xe^P" for a password once, which would lead me to
> believe that any _printable_ ASCII characters are valid. In order words, you
> cant have an <EOF> byte in there, since its not a printed character.
> 
> In short, I dunno.. But at least its a clue. :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Bowie
> 

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