{"id":10095,"date":"2017-10-26T02:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T10:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/26\/news-3868\/"},"modified":"2017-10-26T02:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T10:30:33","slug":"news-3868","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/26\/news-3868\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Whose idea was this, anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

This pilot fish is in charge of computing facility operations, and he takes security seriously.<\/p>\n

“As part of trying to do the ‘right’ thing, I instituted some policies, such as regular password changes, regular checks and purges of our password files, group files and user database,” says fish.<\/p>\n

But he knows that, for some people, that’s not enough. So fish and his team decide to post a list of the worst password policy violators — who’s using old passwords and how long it’s been since they’ve been changed.<\/p>\n

That way, everyone will see just how bad things can get when people aren’t paying attention.<\/p>\n

A team member puts together the list, then brings it to fish and says, “Would you look this over before I post it?”<\/p>\n

“Then she stood there, smiling, as I read through the list,” fish says.<\/p>\n

“You can probably already guess — I was the worst transgressor, not having changed my password for over three years.<\/p>\n

“I asked her to regenerate the list in five or so minutes.”<\/p>\n

Special note from Sharky: Welcome to Throwback Thursday, where we revisit one of Sharky’s favorite tales from the Sharkives! (Yeah, OK, it’s a rerun. Want a new tale every day? You know how to help make it happen…)<\/i><\/p>\n

Take five and send Sharky your true tale of IT life<\/strong> at sharky@computerworld.com<\/a>. You’ll get a stylish 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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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 03:00:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This pilot fish is in charge of computing facility operations, and he takes security seriously.<\/p>\n

“As part of trying to do the ‘right’ thing, I instituted some policies, such as regular password changes, regular checks and purges of our password files, group files and user database,” says fish.<\/p>\n

But he knows that, for some people, that’s not enough. So fish and his team decide to post a list of the worst password policy violators — who’s using old passwords and how long it’s been since they’ve been changed.<\/p>\n

That way, everyone will see just how bad things can get when people aren’t paying attention.<\/p>\n

A team member puts together the list, then brings it to fish and says, “Would you look this over before I post it?”<\/p>\n

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