Special characters in passwords

Where can I get documentation for restrictions on passwords. Like what special characters can be used in
passwords?
Maximum length etc?

Passwords follow the same rules as other identifiers in the database:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/sql_elements9a.htm#27566
That means:
- not case sensitive
- 1 to 30 characters long
- no Oracle reserved word
- no quotation marks
- must begin with an alphabetic character
- only alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), dollar sign ($), pound sign (#)

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