Re: Non-printing ASCII characters in WinXP Home, Admin Password - can't do it?
From: Miha Pihler (miha.pihler_at_Atlantis-N0Spam.si)
Date: 07/29/03
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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:40:28 +0200
Hi Frank,
Alt + 0008 produces backspace. Try with something else... Also try to stay
away from Alt + 13 .... Try using number higher then e.g. 20...
-- Mike MCSA 2K, MCSE 2K, MCT, ... "frank" <frankdrebin2002@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:f4540cb9.0307282120.ac63e24@posting.google.com... > In Microsoft's "Ask Us About...Security" article, by Joel Scambray, > May 2000, (found here: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/columns/security/askus/au042400.asp > ), in the 4th paragraph (after '2.'), it's stated that "...What is > lesser known is that the non-printing ASCII characters increase the > wordspace even further, and have the added benefit of preventing brute > force attacks by most password guessing software..." > > I'm running WinXP Home. Logged in as a User that's a Computer > Administrator, I created a Limited User account named "Test" (without > the quotes). When giving the account a password, I typed in "456" > (without the quotes), and then I held down the Alt key on the > keyboard, and typed in "0008" (without the quotes) using the numeric > keypad (yes, numlock is on.) It *appeared* as if nothing more was > entered after the first 3 asterisks. But I would think that that is > exactly what should happen. After all, isn't Alt008 a non-printing > character? > > I then click on OK (or Finish, or whatever), and logged out, and then > logged back in as Test, *entering as the password only "456"*. I was > able to log in just fine. > > Why? Why was the password "456" not rejected as incorrect? Shouldn't > my password have been "456(then hold down the Alt key and type in 0008 > on the numeric keypad)"? > > My bottom line question is: How can I enter a password that has a > non-printing character in it for a Limited Account on WinXP Home > systems ? TIA for any advice.
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