Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
Jim wrote:
I am not expecting an answer to this question, as most of you can't get
to this web site.
I am retired military and need to use many military web sites. The
military is paranoid about password security and requires users to
change their passwords every 90 days (and the requirements get ever more
complex).
I use Keepass to generate passwords, and paste the passwords into the
proper boxes. Last week, I was told I need to change my password. One
requirement is that the password must be between 15 and 20 characters. I
set Keepass to generate a 20-character password and meet all the other
requirements. I had problems getting a password, that I could use to
log in.
I found out, that in Seamonkey, when I pasted my 20-character password
into the box, it only showed 17 "password dots". (It was cutting off 3
characters).
When I successfully used IE, the boxes would hold 20 password dots.
Any thoughts on this?
That should be the webmaster's fault -- they're the ones who specify the
length of fillable fields. But if IE lets you in, that's probably not it.
Could it be a display issue? I mean, if you paste the whole password in
SeaMonkey, could it be that you don't see 20 dots but it still works?
Don't know (about that being the webmaster's fault). One thing that is
the webmaster's fault is that the page states the rules, and changes a
red "x" to a check mark for each rule the password satisfies. If you
paste the password in the blank, all the criteria keep the red "x"es
until you delete the last character (and then reenter it).
Wish the military would just give us retirees CAC cards. I would gladly
pay a reasonable fee to circumvent this password madness.
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