How to identify if ACF2 is allowing mixed case passphrase

Products

• ACF2
• ACF2 - MISC
• ACF2 - z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Where is the control for using mixed case or upper case only with ACF2 passphrases?

Environment

Component : ACF2 for z/OS

Resolution

Passphrases in ACF2 are always mixed case.

See Manage Password Phrases for additional information regarding passphrases.

The above link states the following:
A password phrase is a string of words that is used to authenticate a user to a system.
Password phrases range from 9 to 100 characters in length, containing
mixed-case alphabetic, numeric, and special characters. 

If the length of "password" is greater than 8 bytes - it is a passphrase.

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