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nikcodes
6y

Not dev per sé but annoys see he'll out of me on a monthly basis... 30 day password expiration, how does that make things more secure?! The thing that makes it worse is that I can't use any previous 28 passwords or anything too similar... Now I'm stuck with a 36 character password which I have to put in everytime my work machine decides to lock out... Which is less than a minute of not touching it.

What's that? No I can't turn around and answer a question because if I do I'll be taking 20mins off of my future career prospects as I'm working on leveling up my inevitable arthritis

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  • 3
    6y
    Aha, I see you've run afoul of a sysadmin who looked at a youtube video on security once and is now a security expert. If you can't use a password manager, resort to writing your password on a sticky note, sticking it to your screen and then sending a picture to your IT department every time you change your password
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    6y
    Welcome to devRant! I have to change my 8 character password every three months. I'm running out of things I can easily remember. Damn mainframe requires no more than 8 characters and other dumb limitations.
  • 2
    6y
    Hi, welcome to devRant.

    Funny think: Any forced regular password change is not the recommended practice anymore, especially with such a short time. The reason is it leads to predictable passwords or people putting it on sticky notes.

    My tip: Ask if you can use a Yubikey (or Smartcard) to login, where you would just need PIN + device to login while even increasing security.
  • 1
    6y
    @iAmNaN My company has one of those stupid mainframes too. It gets difficult to come up with 8-character passwords after the first five or ten...
  • 0
    6y
    @sbiewald I thought that wasn't best practice anymore, then again there are systems here that I am more than certain are storing passwords in plain text, so best practices isn't really high up on priority list. A yubi key is a good thing to lobby for though...
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    6y
    Enter 28 different passwords, then switch back to your previous password and it should work again ._. Works with mainframes at least
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