Frost wrote:o11c wrote:using accented characters is a really bad idea, since it can lead to weak passwords.
No, reducing the character space does not result in stronger passwords.
If it wasn't clear, I was talking entirely about TMWA, not systems in general. In TMWA, all accented characters are treated as the same character.
Frost wrote:If this is merely a change to the ladmin tool, then players can continue to use accented characters in passwords?
The server was never set up to handle accented characters properly, and I don't see any reason to change that other than to give better errors.
Former programmer for the TMWA server.