{"id":9651,"date":"2017-10-03T02:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/03\/news-3424\/"},"modified":"2017-10-03T02:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T10:30:13","slug":"news-3424","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/03\/news-3424\/","title":{"rendered":"C'mon, what else could it be?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

Desktop support tech is helping a user at her desk, reports a pilot fish who happens to be close enough to hear what’s going on.<\/p>\n

“He asked the user to enter her password,” fish says.<\/p>\n

“She said, ‘Password.’<\/p>\n

“Yes, he said, please enter your password.<\/p>\n

“‘Password,’ she said.<\/p>\n

“He then asked if her password is ‘password.’<\/p>\n

“She said, ‘Of course.’<\/p>\n

“We promptly changed and tightened up our password requirements.”<\/p>\n

Sharky wants to pass the word<\/strong> to remind you about fresh guidelines for better passwords<\/a> from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (along with an explanation of why NIST’s new rules are better<\/a>). Take a look — and after that, don’t forget to send me your true tale of IT life at sharky@computerworld.com<\/a>. You’ll snag a snazzy 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

Get your daily dose of out-takes from the IT Theater of the Absurd delivered directly to your Inbox. Subscribe now to the Daily Shark Newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Desktop support tech is helping a user at her desk, reports a pilot fish who happens to be close enough to hear what’s going on.<\/p>\n

“He asked the user to enter her password,” fish says.<\/p>\n

“She said, ‘Password.’<\/p>\n

“Yes, he said, please enter your password.<\/p>\n

“‘Password,’ she said.<\/p>\n

“He then asked if her password is ‘password.’<\/p>\n

“She said, ‘Of course.’<\/p>\n

“We promptly changed and tightened up our password requirements.”<\/p>\n

Sharky wants to pass the word<\/strong> to remind you about fresh guidelines for better passwords<\/a> from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (along with an explanation of why NIST’s new rules are better<\/a>). Take a look — and after that, don’t forget to send me your true tale of IT life at sharky@computerworld.com<\/a>. You’ll snag a snazzy 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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