The Off Topic Topic

[The Brain]

Is it safe?

[Ed Anger]

Is it safe?

Not when I eat a can of bean dip.

[DGuller]

That it's likely storing passwords unencrypted if it's able to compare.  No way we'd pass the multiple audits we endure if that were the case.

I don't see any other way to compare passwords for similarity without having them unencrypted (especially against a next-to-last password, which wouldn't even be entered on a "new password" screen).  You can check to see if the passwords are exactly the same, just by storing all of the encrypted ones. 

However, I just don't see how you can check if the passwords are almost the same without needing them to be unencrypted.  If encryption system made similar unencrypted passwords also look similar when encrypted, then it's a very crappy encryption system, because someone trying to guess it will know how close he's getting to the right password.

[derspiess]

Okay, thanks for the input DG.  We'll take it from here

[Grey Fox]

Shitty. Like at most places.

Yes.

[derspiess]

Amateurs.  There are several password tools available where you can securely store and retrieve passwords.  No excuse for writing it down on a post-it and leaving it on your monitor.

Again, once people stop whining about it they can adjust.

That's barely any better than writing it down on a post-it affix to your monitor. One more database for the Chinese to hack.

No.  It's much better.  Our exposure to Chinese hackers is relatively low (my understanding is that we're just not the target they prefer), whereas we routinely have contractors, clients, etc. walking through our work areas.

[Eddie Teach]

The hacker is looking for the info though, the contractor probably isn't.

[Jacob]

No.  It's much better.  Our exposure to Chinese hackers is relatively low (my understanding is that we're just not the target they prefer), whereas we routinely have contractors, clients, etc. walking through our work areas.

That's why I always put the post it underneath the computer (if it's a laptop). Sometimes I write the password on a random page of my notebook instead

[DGuller]

Okay, thanks for the input DG.  We'll take it from here

[derspiess]

Actually I'll let our data security folks and auditors take it from there and not let some accountant get me worried.

[DGuller]

Actually I'll let our data security folks and auditors take it from there and not let some accountant get me worried.

What a cunt.

[Sheilbh]

BTW, the difference from 93 to 02 to 05 makes no sense. They must have changes the definition of obese, look at the 15%.

That's what struck me. I don't know what caused it. Maybe as someone said consoles and PCs etc. People aren't as active when they're young and it's more difficult in later life?

[derspiess]

[Admiral Yi]

The State Department just okayed the Keystone pipeline.

[mongers]

Sterling slides to 1.50 against the Dollar.