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 Message 261 
 Wilfred van Velzen to Alan Ianson 
 Re: Pssword ord ord case insensitive or  
 22 Apr 20 11:26:58 
 
TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes
TZUTC: 0200
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PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221
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Hi Alan,

On 2020-04-22 01:47:08, you wrote to me:

 WV>> Why a PITA?

 AI> I've had issues with session passwords because folks has told me to use a
 AI> password (lower case) but they enter it in their setup in upper case.
 AI> That's a PITA.

Well there is no cure for stupidity. ;)

But that's not a reason to limit security and do case insensitive compares on
passwords.

 WV>> You have to configure it once. Check that it works and be done with
 WV>> it...

 AI> As long as folks understand the need for this at setup it should pose no
 AI> problems.

That's what I mean...

Bye, Wilfred.

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