From: Arthur Fuller Date: September 24 2012 8:25pm Subject: Re: secure user name for MySQL account? List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/228259 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec520e911be4e2604ca786394 --bcaec520e911be4e2604ca786394 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On this note, one thing that really bugs me about MySQL passwords is the inability to use special characters. In the SQL Server world, I let users choose their own passwords, but obeying these rules: It cannot be a dictionary word or sequence of words. It must contain at least one numeric digit. It must contain a mix of upper and lower case. It must contain at least one special character. That combination makes a password very difficult to crack. I don't know why MySQL falls so short in this respect. Arthur www.artfulsoftware.com --bcaec520e911be4e2604ca786394--