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   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   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5ea00e2f   
   REPLY: 1:153/757 5ea005d5   
   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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