But what if I use my super-secret password for all my logins? My bank accounts, oh no!
Posts made by metallurg
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RE: Server Relocation WTF
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RE: Server Relocation WTF
Nothing so grandiose. We're a (very) small engineering firm. IT "support" and yes, I use that term loosely, is contracted out.
We have some interesting restrictions, like not being able to customise the icons on the taskbar, but at least we have some semblance of admin rights. -
RE: Server Relocation WTF
I briefly thought about doing that. I sighed and got on with my life instead.
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Server Relocation WTF
So, we are relocating offices over the weekend. Part of this involves relocating and (apparently) reconfiguring our servers. The office manager sent out the email below. Not sure I need to say anything else....
To effect a successful and incident free move from A to B, we need to gather all users’ login passwords for server re-configuration at the new office. Please be assured that passwords will be handled with the strictest of confidence and that accounts will be logged into for checking of shared drives and security levels only.
Please email your password to myself before Thursday 3rd Nov. Passwords not received can be re-set to a default setting but this action exposes the system to a greater risk of unauthorised access due to there being multiple accounts with the same password. Your password will be viewed by myself and the Network Systems Engineer only and can be re-set to something of your own choosing once you have logged in at the new office.
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RE: Secure Payslips
I should mention that the password for the payslips is really hard to work out - it's the persons surname, followed by their start date.
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Secure Payslips
The (supposed) industry leading, multi-national engineering compary I work for has just implemented a new payslip system. They email a password protected pdf copy of your payslip every month.
Sounds fine so far, right? The wtf is that they also send a second plain text email, at the same time as the payslip, that contains your password. Every month.
I'm *almost* surprised by this. Although, given that the industry-leading, fantastic, brilliant application that runs the core business is based on VB6 may say something.