No, I can't tell you your password!

[HN]

Hi Danny!...
Hey Rusty!...
Hello Tess, ...

Ah Linus,...

Ocean's 11!

 

[rcpratt]

Ocean's 11!

Damn, how did I miss that. Rant gains two points.

 

[xSauronx]

This is it right. Most corporations spend shit on IT when it is what really drives their business today. If they would consider something like single sign-on and smart cards, it would improve security and usability. But, instead, they want to keep sending their corporate shills on bullshit travel and training events that don't add much to the bottom line at the end of the day.

i also blame vendors who use proprietary systems that wont work with AD users/groups

i work at a large area hospital in the IT dept. i have 2 passwords for everything I need

1 is for groupwise, because they dont want to pay for exchange
1 is for AD, which works with peoplesoft, mcafee, zenworks, and a host of other things

now, im in IT. clinical users, like nurses and doctors and all sorts of other teams, have to access systems that have their own user database for account management. blame those vendors. i dont even have a login to healthspan, softmed, 3m, sunquest, and god knows what the fuck else.

its not *always* the fault of IT at the hospital that the passwords cant be used for single sign on, its the fault of the vendors who make shit that cant or wont interact with everything else, either because the software we use for some applications is still dated or because the vendors have their heads up their ass.

IT doesnt even get a say in which department uses what software a lot of the time. a department will take their budget and needs, get software, then tell IT to make it work, and they dont give a shit what that may or may not involve.

 

[Snock514]

:thumbsup:

 

[Numenorean]

lol, help desk monkey

 

[Krazy4Real]

A+ rant. Would read again!

 

[olds]

We have to change our passwords at work every 30 days. I find it to be a pain in the ass. I have no nuclear secrets on my laptop.
Here are my passwords for 2011:
For January: Janfuckit11
For February: Febfuckit11
For March: Marfuckit11
...

They also insist on locking my laptop if it's idle for more than 15 or 20 minutes.
I've deleted the scheme they force on us and I've unchecked "ask for password". It's back the next day.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

16 character must have lower/uppercase numbers and special characters occuring in the first 8 characters must not be one you've previously used and must not match any patterns they decide to check for and disallow. F that.