Non-Printable Characters in CA SSO/Siteminder Password Services

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
Component: