Re: Re: Do you trim() usernames and passwords?

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On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Joshua Kehn wrote:

> Specifically:
> 
>>> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>>> I seem to have an issue with users who copy-paste their usernames and
>>>> passwords coping and pasting leading and trailing space characters.
> 
> Users should not be copy-pasting passwords or usernames. Do not compromise a system to cater to bad [stupid, ignorant, you pick] users. If this is an issue then educate the users. 
> 

If you work for a company that admins over a hundred websites, you may be inclined to copy-paste a few passwords.

I don't know about you, but when we use passwords that are over 16 characters long and I don't want to get an incorrect pass, because it was a grave character versus a single apostrophe, or a capital i versus a lowercase L or a zero versus an O, etc.. There is no way I am retyping passwords for every-time I need to log in, or FTP into a site. 

We use apps to store all our passes, so yeah I copy and paste. But on the same note I am conscious of copying a space at the end of the password / username.

Sorry, you are not going to (re)educate the public on what you think is password best practices. But I do however, think that it is the users problem, not the developers. Learn how to copy-paste.



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