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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.

o11c wrote: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.

So, TMWA handled accented characters improperly? Will this be fixed?

o11c wrote:

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.

So this didn't change, and "players can continue to use accented characters in passwords"?

Frost wrote:

o11c wrote: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.

So, TMWA handled accented characters improperly? Will this be fixed?

It's not on the priority list at all.

It was never safe to use accented characters in passwords, before or after, so players should continue to NOT use accented characters in passwords.

Utf-8 chars now not allowed in login and password. Now look like supported only ascii chars

4144 wrote:Utf-8 chars now not allowed in login and password. Now look like supported only ascii chars

Thanks for the clarification. I thought Ledmitz was gone forever. Now I know it's about Caps, in my case. whew!