passwords stupid practices

Ranter

nikcodes

Comments

3

unsignedint

700

5y

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
1

iAmNaN

7131

5y

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

sbiewald

4222

5y

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

EmberQuill

3746

5y

@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

nikcodes

83

5y

@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...
0

kleopi

873

5y

Enter 28 different passwords, then switch back to your previous password and it should work again ._. Works with mainframes at least

Related Rants

Add Comment

rant