Non-Printable Characters in CA SSO/Siteminder Password Services
Article ID: 36616
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Products
CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
AXIOMATICS POLICY SERVER
CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
CA Single Sign-On
Issue/Introduction
QUESTION:
Within CA SSO/Siteminder Password Services you can configure password composition, such as:
- Minimum Password Length
- Maximum Password Length
- The allowed number of repeated characters
- Enable Upper Case characters and how many upper case characters are required
- Enable Lower Case and how many upper case characters are required
- Enable Numeric Digits and how many digits are required
- Enable Punctuation and how many upper punctuation characters are required
- Enable Non-Printable Characters and how many non-printable characters are required
- Enable Non-Alphanumeric Characters and how many non-alphanumeric characters are required
What are the allowable 'Non-Printable' Characters in Password Services?
ANSWER:
| Binary | Octal | Decimal | Hexadecimal | Abbreviation | Print form | Caret notation | Escape code | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000 0000 | 000 | 0 | 00 | NUL | ? | ^@ | \0 | Null |
| 000 0001 | 001 | 1 | 01 | SOH | ? | ^A | Start of Heading | |
| 000 0010 | 002 | 2 | 02 | STX | ? | ^B | Start of Text | |
| 000 0011 | 003 | 3 | 03 | ETX | ? | ^C | End of Text | |
| 000 0100 | 004 | 4 | 04 | EOT | ? | ^D | End of Transmission | |
| 000 0101 | 005 | 5 | 05 | ENQ | ? | ^E | Enquiry | |
| 000 0110 | 006 | 6 | 06 | ACK | ? | ^F | Acknowledgment | |
| 000 0111 | 007 | 7 | 07 | BEL | ? | ^G | \a | Bell |
| 000 1000 | 010 | 8 | 08 | BS | ? | ^H | \b | Backspace[d][e] |
| 000 1001 | 011 | 9 | 09 | HT | ? | ^I | \t | Horizontal Tab[f] |
| 000 1010 | 012 | 10 | 0A | LF | ? | ^J | \n | Line Feed |
| 000 1011 | 013 | 11 | 0B | VT | ? | ^K | \v | Vertical Tab |
| 000 1100 | 014 | 12 | 0C | FF | ? | ^L | \f | Form Feed |
| 000 1101 | 015 | 13 | 0D | CR | ? | ^M | \r | Carriage Return[g] |
| 000 1110 | 016 | 14 | 0E | SO | ? | ^N | Shift Out | |
| 000 1111 | 017 | 15 | 0F | SI | ? | ^O | Shift In | |
| 001 0000 | 020 | 16 | 10 | DLE | ? | ^P | Data Link Escape | |
| 001 0001 | 021 | 17 | 11 | DC1 | ? | ^Q | Device Control 1 (oft. XON) | |
| 001 0010 | 022 | 18 | 12 | DC2 | ? | ^R | Device Control 2 | |
| 001 0011 | 023 | 19 | 13 | DC3 | ? | ^S | Device Control 3 (oft. XOFF) | |
| 001 0100 | 024 | 20 | 14 | DC4 | ? | ^T | Device Control 4 | |
| 001 0101 | 025 | 21 | 15 | NAK | ? | ^U | Negative Acknowledgment | |
| 001 0110 | 026 | 22 | 16 | SYN | ? | ^V | Synchronous Idle | |
| 001 0111 | 027 | 23 | 17 | ETB | ? | ^W | End of Transmission Block | |
| 001 1000 | 030 | 24 | 18 | CAN | ? | ^X | Cancel | |
| 001 1001 | 031 | 25 | 19 | EM | ? | ^Y | End of Medium | |
| 001 1010 | 032 | 26 | 1A | SUB | ? | ^Z | Substitute | |
| 001 1011 | 033 | 27 | 1B | ESC | ? | ^[ | \e[h] | Escape[i] |
| 001 1100 | 034 | 28 | 1C | FS | ? | ^\ | File Separator | |
| 001 1101 | 035 | 29 | 1D | GS | ? | ^] | Group Separator | |
| 001 1110 | 036 | 30 | 1E | RS | ? | ^^[j] | Record Separator | |
| 001 1111 | 037 | 31 | 1F | US | ? | ^_ | Unit Separator | |
| 111 1111 | 177 | 127 | 7F | DEL | ? | ^? | Delete[k][e] | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_character
CA SSO/Siteminder also treat the [Space] character as a Non-Printable character. In order to allow the 'space' character in a password, then any applicable Password Policy will need to be configured to allow "Non-Printable" characters.
Environment
Release: ESPSTM99000-12.51-Single Sign On-Extended Support Plus
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