{"id":11887,"date":"2018-03-29T02:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/29\/news-5656\/"},"modified":"2018-03-29T02:30:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T10:30:10","slug":"news-5656","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/29\/news-5656\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: What could be simpler?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

IT department sends an email blast to the users: From now on, everyone will use a single login credential for all areas of the network, according to a pilot fish on the receiving end.<\/p>\n

Fish’s reaction to single sign-on? “Yahoo! No more numerous account credentials to keep track of for various subsystems within the domain!”<\/p>\n

In short order, all users are issued their single login credentials. And someone in IT has thought this through: The new user name and password are the same as for the user’s existing email account. That should make them easier for users to remember.<\/p>\n

There’s just one catch.<\/p>\n

It turns out that before a user can get to the single-login screen to use his single-login credentials, he first has to go to the subsystem he’s planning to use.<\/p>\n

And then log in with the special subsystem credentials that have been such a pain.<\/p>\n

And then arrive at the universal login page.<\/p>\n

“Now the user can apply the convenient single login to get into the targeted system,” says fish.<\/p>\n

“Thanks for simplifying our lives!”<\/p>\n

Sharky knows life isn’t simple<\/strong> — in fact, I count on it. Send me your true tale of the not-at-all-simple IT life at sharky@computerworld.com<\/a>. You’ll score a sharp Shark shirt if I use it. Comment on today’s tale at Sharky’s Google+ community<\/strong><\/a>, and read thousands of great old tales in the Sharkives<\/strong><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/category\/security\/index.rss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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IT department sends an email blast to the users: From now on, everyone will use a single login credential for all areas of the network, according to a pilot fish on the receiving end.<\/p>\n

Fish’s reaction to single sign-on? “Yahoo! No more numerous account credentials to keep track of for various subsystems within the domain!”<\/p>\n

In short order, all users are issued their single login credentials. And someone in IT has thought this through: The new user name and password are the same as for the user’s existing email account. That should make them easier for users to remember.<\/p>\n

There’s just one catch.<\/p>\n

It turns out that before a user can get to the single-login screen to use his single-login credentials, he first has to go to the subsystem he’s planning to use.<\/p>\n

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