Password Security Changes
New password requirements
When you access your personalized Internet Account Options page and select the change Internet or Enterprise passwords options, you'll see that there are new requirements. These changes not only make passwords more secure, they're necessary for upcoming plans for shared resources with coordinate campuses. See http://www.umn.edu/validate.
Better error messages
Along with this change you also get better error messages when you make bad password choices. The figure here shows sample error messages. To pick another password, click on the Menu button, shown in the figure below.
Non-alphanumeric characters
You can use all the non-alphanumeric characters shown on a standard US keyboard, including specially placed spaces, that is:
[ ] { } | \ ; : ' " , . < > ? / ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ + =
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