[Cialug] Password Resets

[David Champion]

I was wondering how much sleep you've gotten in the last week or two, Jeff.

-dc


On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 10:59 AM Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:

> Heh, take that and multiply by 5000 when you have an intrusion and have to
> force everyone to change their password.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 9:43 AM Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No matter how hard a person tries, he or she is never going to escape
> > *users*... they're always there... lurking around the next corner...
> ready
> > to launch upon the unsuspecting IT person such offenses as "the password
> > reset". Let's call my attacker Phil.
> >
> > An IM transcript:
> >
> > 14:46 Phil: That password "password" is not working
> > 14:47 Phil: Wait. It worked!
> > 14:49 Phil: tried every differnet combination and no luck
> >
> > 14:51 Me: Every different combination of what?
> > 14:51 Me: Your password worked? Or didn't work?
> >
> > 14:52 Phil: password
> >
> > Phil, that isn't even English syntax. You gotta help me out, buddy. I
> > literally set your password to "password" and told you that's what it
> was.
> > All you gotta do is type "password". You could even cut and paste the
> > actual word into the password field.
> >
> > I like the customer support aspect of my job. I like creating satisfied
> > customers. I know it's a little dorky, but I cheered when Tron said "I
> > fight for the user!" But people like Phil really test the limits. I spent
> > an hour on this password reset. I'm not help desk. Resetting passwords
> > isn't my primary reason for being employed. Oy, the literal headache.
> >
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