Re: wrong authentication

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17927
interpreted = N
texte = >>Are there any known problems/limitations with the what a >>username/password should be ? > >A good rule of thumb is to *never* use anything else than US-ASCII (a-z and >0-9) in IDs and passwords. Other chars is translated differently depending >of what charset the browser is set to use. The problem is that I am building username and password on the fly based on what a user enters in a form. So they may type foreign chars in their name. The password is OK because I build it with random numbers.Laurent--- Laurent Pladys LXir L a u r e n t P l a d y s ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ L X i r _____________________________________________ 1 5 5 r u e d e P i c p u s 7 5 0 1 2 P a r i s F r a n c e _____________________________________________ +33 (0)1 44 68 80 60 (tel) +33 (0)1 44 68 80 61 (fax) _____________________________________________ w w w . L X i r . n e t l t p l a d y s @ L X i r . n e t Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: wrong authentication (Laurent Pladys 1998)
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  6. Re: wrong authentication (Kenneth Grome 1998)
>>Are there any known problems/limitations with the what a >>username/password should be ? > >A good rule of thumb is to *never* use anything else than US-ASCII (a-z and >0-9) in IDs and passwords. Other chars is translated differently depending >of what charset the browser is set to use. The problem is that I am building username and password on the fly based on what a user enters in a form. So they may type foreign chars in their name. The password is OK because I build it with random numbers.Laurent--- Laurent Pladys LXir L a u r e n t P l a d y s ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ L X i r _____________________________________________ 1 5 5 r u e d e P i c p u s 7 5 0 1 2 P a r i s F r a n c e _____________________________________________ +33 (0)1 44 68 80 60 (tel) +33 (0)1 44 68 80 61 (fax) _____________________________________________ w w w . L X i r . n e t l t p l a d y s @ L X i r . n e t Laurent Pladys

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