<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Are there any disallowed characters in passwords?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">With FusionAuth passwords, are there any characters that are verboten? Like ! or " or \ or / ?</p>
]]></description><link>https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/topic/190/are-there-any-disallowed-characters-in-passwords</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:22:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/topic/190.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Are there any disallowed characters in passwords? on Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:31:53 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">In the UI you can select "Special character" to require at least one special character. If anyone is looking to understand which characters will satisfy this requirement read on.</p>
<p dir="auto">If you view the tooltip or the API - you’ll see the configuration is actually for non-alpha-numeric.</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://fusionauth.io/docs/v1/tech/apis/tenants#create-a-tenant" rel="nofollow ugc">https://fusionauth.io/docs/v1/tech/apis/tenants#create-a-tenant</a></p>
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<p dir="auto">tenant.passwordValidationRules.requireNonAlpha<br />
Whether to force the user to use at least one non-alphanumeric character.</p>
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<p dir="auto">So instead of limiting this to a specific set of special characters, we allow it to be any character that is not a unicode alphabetic and not a digit. In this way, we do not artificially limit the entropy of the password by saying you must use one or more characters for a finite set of "special characters" as you may be used to seeing on some login forms.</p>
]]></description><link>https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/post/5802</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/post/5802</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[robotdan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:31:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Are there any disallowed characters in passwords? on Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:21:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">There are no inherent limitations of password stored in FusionAuth.</p>
<p dir="auto">You can, however, choose to limit passwords using password rules. You can set these up at the Tenant level; look for the "Password settings" section under the "Password" tab.</p>
]]></description><link>https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/post/475</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://fusionauth.io/community/forum/post/475</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:21:58 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>