"Help, I'm locked out of login by Thai keyboard"

re: Internationalization as a security feature

MSDNArchive — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:51:57 GMT

Serge, Good question. It all depends on the sophistication of the keyboards logger. If it only logs the main keys like a-z, 0-9 and shift, then yes this is better resistance. If the logger keeps track of all keystrokes and this method is no better than any other. Dr. Intl

re: "Help, I'm locked out of login by Thai keyboard"

MSDNArchive — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:45:30 GMT

Richard, 
Good point about not placing alt<ALT>+013 or any other control character in the middle of your password. One is never quick sure how an application my interpret it. As for the use of the <ALT>+<NUMBER> approach, it is like anything else. One needs to use common sense in what one does. ;-)
Dr. Intl

Internationalization as a security feature

Serge Wautier — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:12:15 GMT

DrIntl suggests an interesting way to strenghten passwords... Question: Does this method offer better resistance to keyboard loggers ?

re: "Help, I'm locked out of login by Thai keyboard"

Richard — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:23:00 GMT

The alt-number approach has been suggested before (can't find the reference). But I recall a warning: don't use the numeric keyboard and enter something like alt-013 in the middle of your password...