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  • Node Manager->Packet pwd: UPPERCASE only?

    From Fermin Sanchez@2:301/123 to All on Thursday, May 13, 2021 22:53:30

    Hello everybody!

    I noticed that the packet password I enter in the node manager is taken in uppercase only, regardless of what I do or don't do with my <Shift> key. Am I overlooking something, or is this by design/fido-standard?

    Regards
    Fermin


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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Fermin Sanchez on Thursday, May 13, 2021 23:26:17
    Hi Fermin,

    On 2021-05-13 22:53:30, you wrote to All:

    I noticed that the packet password I enter in the node manager is
    taken in uppercase only, regardless of what I do or don't do with my <Shift> key. Am I overlooking something, or is this by design/fido-standard?

    It's intentionally done this way by the original author of FMail. So I suspect it's a (kind of) fidonet standard.

    FTS-0001 However doesn't specify anything about the content of the password field. But in http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0039.001 we read:

    Type-2 Packet Format (proposed, but currently in use) -----------------------------------------------------
    Field Ofs Siz Type Description Expected value(s)
    ------- --- --- ---- -------------------------- -----------------
    [...]
    Password 1A 8 Char Packet password A-Z,0-9


    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Fermin Sanchez@2:301/123 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thursday, May 13, 2021 23:41:01

    Hello Wilfred!

    13 May 21 23:26, you wrote to me:

    Type-2 Packet Format (proposed, but currently in use) -----------------------------------------------------
    Field Ofs Siz Type Description Expected value(s)
    ------- --- --- ---- -------------------------- ----------------- [...]
    Password 1A 8 Char Packet password A-Z,0-9

    A-Z, so uppercase it is. Thx!

    Regards
    Fermin


    ... Ooooohhh, off in a private little corner to discuss Taglines.
    --- GoldED+/W64-MSVC 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: USS Ferminator - Unteraegeri, Switzerland (2:301/123)
  • From Matthias Hertzog@2:301/1 to Fermin Sanchez on Friday, May 14, 2021 09:30:17
    Hello Fermin!

    A-Z, so uppercase it is. Thx!

    Mistery solved.

    Matthias
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Matthias Hertzog on Friday, May 14, 2021 10:45:49
    Hi Matthias,

    On 2021-05-14 09:30:17, you wrote to Fermin Sanchez:

    A-Z, so uppercase it is. Thx!

    Mistery solved.

    Well not completely. A FSC document is not a standard. It's in the reference library. So I'm not sure what weight you should give this information. But as far as I know using uppercase characters for the pkt password is general practice.

    But I could be wrong, because all my pkt passwords are uppercase because of the FMail requirement, and not the other way arround. ;)

    If you or Fermin want to be more sure, you could ask in FTSC_PUBLIC.

    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)