[463] in Kerberos
Re: valid names
daemon@TELECOM.MIT.EDU (Ted Anderson)
Thu Jul 28 16:15:12 1988
From: Ted Anderson <ota+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
To: kerberos@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: qjb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <8807281702.AA01361@SOUP.MIT.EDU>
I don't think there's any intrinsic reason to prevent '.' in a username. Some
ambiguity arises in trying to decide where the user name ends and the instance
begins. Maybe comma should be an alternate separator between the name and
instance. This is a far less likely character to find in either a user or
instance name.
However, allowing atsign in usernames is right out. Any system that allows '@'
in usernames and also supports network mail is going to be sorry.
Ted Anderson
