[Cialug] Password Resets

[kristau]

I feel for you, sir!

I especially enjoyed the "tried every different combination" part. Phil, every different combination of that exact string is a set of 1. I just about sprayed coffee over my keyboard.

Thanks!
kristau

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On Thursday, June 24th, 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
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> users... they're always there... lurking around the next corner... ready
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> to launch upon the unsuspecting IT person such offenses as "the password
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> reset". Let's call my attacker Phil.
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> An IM transcript:
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> 14:46 Phil: That password "password" is not working
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> 14:47 Phil: Wait. It worked!
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> 14:49 Phil: tried every differnet combination and no luck
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> 14:51 Me: Every different combination of what?
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> 14:51 Me: Your password worked? Or didn't work?
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> 14:52 Phil: password
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> Phil, that isn't even English syntax. You gotta help me out, buddy. I
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> literally set your password to "password" and told you that's what it was.
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> All you gotta do is type "password". You could even cut and paste the
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> actual word into the password field.
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> I like the customer support aspect of my job. I like creating satisfied
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> customers. I know it's a little dorky, but I cheered when Tron said "I
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> fight for the user!" But people like Phil really test the limits. I spent
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> an hour on this password reset. I'm not help desk. Resetting passwords
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> isn't my primary reason for being employed. Oy, the literal headache.
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