On 05/11/2024 12:01, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Neither ‘Caesar Augustus Rocks’, or ‘Theresa May Sucks’ are accepted despite being ‘valid dictionary words’.
OK. I can see that Proper nouns may not be acceptable, but which lines reject the words Rocks, May or Sucks? Are there separate lines to cover Caesar, Augustus or Theresa? Unless, DC's IT bod changes his regex, I need to: 1. Create a new Account, probably using a new username to prevent it saying that an Account under that name already exists. 2. Create a new password, avoiding the words that the regex is currently rejecting. (Degree in Computer Science needed here.) 3. Then resolve whatever else is wrong with the site that I might encounter. There is a link on the site that advises users to use long passwords. When clicked it says: 'Cyberattacks rely on human error and weak passwords. The length of a password makes it stronger. Using a variety of characters is not so important. Using a long password, also called a passphrase, is more secure than passwords even if they use no special characters at all. An example is “orangemonkeyjumps”.' Clearly they are not rejecting concatenated words that omit spaces, and they do not reject the use of numbers or chars like '!'. So most people would give up and use something simple like 'mypassword'. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-11-12 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
