[Cialug] Password Resets

[Dave Hala]

What's even more amusing is when an admin accidentally gives the end user
the wrong default password.

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 11:02 AM David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Todd
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> > Jeff Ollie
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