User Guide

LDAP SERVER SUPPORTED CHARACTERS
CHAPTER 16: AUTHENTICATION 383
LDAP Server Supported Characters
Table 16-20 lists the characters the Web Security appliance supports for the User Name field
for LDAP servers.
Table 16-21 lists the characters the Web Security appliance supports for the Password field for
LDAP servers.
Table 16-22 lists the characters the Web Security appliance supports for the Group field for
LDAP servers.
Table 16-20 Supported LDAP Server Characters — User Name Field
Supported Characters Characters Not Supported
A...Z a...z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
` ~ ! # $ % ^ & ( ) _ - { } ' .
Note: The appliance only supports the ‘(’ and ‘)’ characters
when they are escaped with a backslash ( \ ) character.
/ \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ?
< > @ "
Table 16-21 Supported LDAP Server Characters — Password Field
Supported Characters Characters Not Supported
A...Z a...z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
` ~ ! # $ % ^ & ( ) _ - { } @
' . / \ [ ] : | = * ? < > " , ; +
space
N/A
Table 16-22 Supported LDAP Server Characters — Group Field
Supported Characters Characters Not Supported
A...Z a...z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
` ~ ! # $ % ^ & ( ) _ - { } @ ' . / \ [ ]
: | = * ? < > "
space
Note: The appliance only supports the ‘(’ and ‘)’ characters
when they are escaped with a backslash ( \ ) character.
, ; +