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Post #187,623
by drewk
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12/20/04 10:15:30 PM
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New Wasn't meaning to say that
I just thought it was two funny anecdotes. Mine, a place that the IT people weren't allowed to implement a reasonable password policy; yours, a place that got the password religion after a bad breakage.

All I meant by my last comment was that in a school environment if one kid knows how to crack the teachers' accounts he can make mischief. Once two kids know about it everyone knows about it in short order.
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Post #187,624
by static
12/20/04 10:46:23 PM
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New Ah -- alright then.
You're right: two funny anecdotes.

I agree about the school students: once a few discovered it, it was indeed all over the school in short order. :-) Incidentally, a similar thing also happened at another school, although there it was a direct result of a bad default password policy set by their IT guy. Over our objections. All we could do when it happened was say "We told you so".

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
     Complex Password Primer for Users? - (SpiceWare) - (19) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:18:37 PM EST
         My Advice - (pwhysall) - (2) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:45:34 PM EST
             not an option - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:43:48 PM EST
             More on phrases - (FuManChu) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:45:02 PM EST
         Re: Complex Password Primer for Users? - (Steve Lowe) - (13) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:48:02 PM EST
             And you know, it's 100% right. - (pwhysall) - (10) - Dec. 20, 2004, 02:52:36 PM EST
                 No argument - (Steve Lowe) - (9) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:01:13 PM EST
                     Teehee - (pwhysall) - (8) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:18:24 PM EST
                         That's another weakness - (Silverlock) - (7) - Dec. 20, 2004, 08:01:39 PM EST
                             30 days is not onerous. - (static) - (6) - Dec. 20, 2004, 09:24:26 PM EST
                                 No it won't - (drewk) - (5) - Dec. 20, 2004, 09:29:21 PM EST
                                     We had a password incident in a client of a former employer. - (static) - (4) - Dec. 20, 2004, 09:42:16 PM EST
                                         "... sizable number of the students ..." == "all who cared" -NT - (drewk) - (3) - Dec. 20, 2004, 09:57:42 PM EST
                                             And your point was...? - (static) - (2) - Dec. 20, 2004, 10:10:33 PM EST
                                                 Wasn't meaning to say that - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 10:15:30 PM EST
                                                     Ah -- alright then. - (static) - Dec. 20, 2004, 10:46:23 PM EST
             Bingo! - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Dec. 20, 2004, 03:45:16 PM EST
                 Also. - (static) - Dec. 20, 2004, 09:26:24 PM EST
         Got this from 'fortune' - (imric) - Dec. 22, 2004, 10:07:50 AM EST
         I've seen 3 methods - (Steven A S) - Dec. 28, 2004, 04:05:08 PM EST

Now listen closely, for here the plot does twist.
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