RE: Re: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

  About five years ago, I took a job as a programmer at a
start-up.  The first day on the job, I was told that we
were not allowed to change our assigned passwords because 
that would break the nightly backup process.
  I did not work for them a second day, and I don't think 
the company lasted more than six months beyond that point.

David Gillett


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> Subject: Re: Re: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability
>
> Best one I heard was on the train a couple of days ago.  A 
> network guy said how much he hated it when people changed 
> their passwords because it made it difficult when he logged 
> on to their machines...
>
> Jono