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kairos12

(13,705 posts) Wed Oct 26, 2022, 01:19 PM Oct 2022

Password Security

You’ll be safe if you change your password every
time a MAGA staffer is called to a Grand Jury.

Daily changes.

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Password Security (Original Post) kairos12 Oct 2022 OP

Ha, good idea. Pinback Oct 2022 #1

We pranked the bank's IT security manager one day... SeattleVet Oct 2022 #2

Pinback

(13,648 posts)

1. Ha, good idea.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Wed Oct 26, 2022, 01:24 PM

Oct 2022

The MAGA staffer Grand Jury drinking game was about to put me in the hospital!

SeattleVet

(5,932 posts)

2. We pranked the bank's IT security manager one day...

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Oct 27, 2022, 12:45 AM

Oct 2022

We were the IT department, using Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX/VMS systems, which were top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art computers back then (late 80's). DEC came out with some new security features, and as System Managers we had full access to everything on every system, so we went onto one of the main development (vs. 'production') systems that we knew he used all the time and modified his account, just a little bit.

A few of the new features were password expiration times (I believe the default was 30 days), enforced password length, and a new option to force use of system-generated passwords, which were pronounceable gibberish 'words'.

We turned it all on for (only) his account, and the next time he logged in he was faced with a 10-minute expiration, 20-character, system generated password. This forced him to get a new system-generated password every time he logged in.

Needless to say, he wasn't thrilled with our newfound power...

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