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Server/Clients and Their Supported Password Lengths

Passwords of between 8 and 125 characters may be set from the http://www.umn.edu/myaccount Web page. Several clients and 2 servers are known not to support the full 125 characters. Below is the current list of servers and the length of passwords known to work, along with several clients (mostly under WinXP SP2) which have been tested.

Servers

Length of
Passwords for
This Server

Clients for
This Server

Length of
Passwords
for
This Client

Cucipop
(POP3 server)

125 characters
(was 40)

WinXP/Eudora 6.2 125 characters
WinXP/Netscape Messenger 4.8 125 characters
WinXP/Netscape Mail 7.2 125 characters
WinXP/Opera 7.54u1 125 characters
WinXP/Outlook 2003 125 characters
WinXP/Outlook Express 6.0 125 characters
WinXP/Thunderbird 1.0 125 characters

Internet Account Options
(Password Change)

125 characters  

ftpd
(FTP server)

at least 50 characters Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 ftp 50 characters
WinXP ftp 32 characters

imapd
(IMAP server)

125 characters WinXP/Eudora 6.2 125 characters
WinXP/Netscape Messenger 4.8 54 characters
WinXP/Netscape Mail 7.2 125 characters
WinXP/Opera 7.54u1 125 characters
WinXP/Outlook 2003 125 characters
WinXP/Outlook Express 6.0 125 characters
WinXP/Thunderbird 1.0 125 characters

login
(Central Auth Hub)

125 characters  

SASL
(used by SMTP server)

125 characters WinXP/Eudora 6.2 64 characters
WinXP/Netscape Messenger 4.8 43 characters
WinXP/Netscape Mail 7.2 125 characters
WinXP/Opera 7.54u1 125 characters
WinXP/Outlook 2003 125 characters
WinXP/Outlook Express 6.0 125 characters
WinXP/Thunderbird 1.0 125 characters

sshd
(SSH server)

125 characters Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 ssh 125 characters
WinXP putty 99 characters

telnetd
(TELNET server)

125 characters Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 telnet 125 characters

UMCal
(server)

at least 78 characters Linux client 63 characters
Mac client 64 characters
WinXP client 78 characters

UMN Wireless authentication

125 characters (various Web browsers)
 
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