inconsistent password policy between thenexusforums and skynexus

[garmour]

Hi,

 

Just joined tonight and encountered problems with passwords.

 

I created this account on thenexusforums. The initial password was quite complex, 17 characters long and

used lowercase, numerics and non alpha characters (eg, &, @ etc...)

 

This was allowed in thenexusforums but I was unable to login to skyrim nexus until I dumbed down the password.

 

Is this a known issue ?

 

Thanks

Garry

 

ps, can't wait to get some mods for Skyrim. 200hours+ and counting

[Fatalmasterpiece]

Is this a known issue ?

 

Yes it is.

[buddah]

The forums will accept it, but not the file sites. Those other characters are forbidden and won't be accepted.

 

Letters ans numbers only.

[Thandal]

It's a disconnect in the underlying programs that manage those respective sections of the Sites. While I'm not one of the Admins who may have looked into it, I believe that if it were fixable by us it would have been. So I presume it's hard-coded into things. :confused:

[Jeoshua]

I never understood password prompts that require you to use letters and numbers, yet denied the ability to use extended characters.

 

What if I wanted my password to be:

 

ThisIsAGreatPassword12345<ALT>123<ALT>456<ALT>789

(That last part is: {Lj̕ on windows)

[Arthmoor]

Probably the better question is why do the Nexus sites use a different password encryption scheme than the forums? Surely IP.Board is using a standard encryption library call?