From: Craig Wright (cwright@bdosyd.com.au)
Date: Tue Sep 20 2005 - 15:27:52 EDT
HI
1st it does not make them untouchable
Next, MOST applications do not accept Alt+xxx based passwords - very few users will use them as well
Do your users authenticate via a Radius systems, the web...? Any of these will not accept Alt+xxx chars.
Most users will have issues using this
the following does not make a very memerable password - see how often it is remembered?
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Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve.Cummings@barclayscapital.com [mailto:Steve.Cummings@barclayscapital.com]
Sent: Wed 21/09/2005 2:41 AM
To: Craig Wright; BMcAninch@PENSON.COM; pen-test@securityfocus.com
Cc: pand0ra.usa@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Whitespace in passwords
Why aren't alt characters feasible alt255 is an easy one for anyone to remember and if the policy for passwords dictates the requirement then most large firms would accept this especially if it made the password in the current view untouchable for the for seable future
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