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

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.