https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=161031 ------- Comment #18 from mfabian@novell.com 2007-01-26 03:13 MST ------- Wolfgang Rosenauer> After some research I wonder if disabling IM for Wolfgang Rosenauer> password fields is the correct way. So you can't Wolfgang Rosenauer> easily use those languages as passwords? Using Japanese in passwords doesn't make any sense at all. For Japanese, one usually has to input a phonetic transcription first, this is converted to Kanji (Chinese Characters). As the conversion usually isn't unique, a popup dialog appears and one has to select the right conversion. This method would not be very safe for passwords as somebody watching would see the password. It doesn't necessarily have to be like that for all languages using input methods, there are some input methods where the translation from the input to the result is unique and no popups appear. But if it is possible to input weird characters with an input method without popup menus, I don't think it is a good idea to use them in passwords. This is bound to cause problems. Even simple characters like the German umlauts (äüößÄÖÜ) will most likely cause a lot of problems in passwords. Different possible encodings for such things will already cause problems. Maybe in a distant future when everybody is using UTF-8 everywhere it will be easier, but currently I cannot see how non-ASCII in passwords can work reliably. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.