About Tripcodes...

The FAQ here is a little vague on some points:
FAQ says short word.  Must it be a word or can it be a random string?
Max length?
Case sensitive?
Forbidden characters? (I assume # is one)
Link to more in depth info?

Thanks in advance
les

>>10 I take it that shiiboard doesn't map certain character ranges into [A-Ga-g], then.

The biggest problem with secure trips is there's certain people who won't be KoS'd no matter how much they suck...