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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords |
| Date | 2019-06-11 20:29 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <gm9e3mFbvibU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <MlpB1YKRhgDPsuv1m3oW7DKj@dont-email.me> <gm90qvF97g1U1@mid.individual.net> <gm9b6cFbbonU2@mid.individual.net> |
On 11/06/2019 7:39 pm, Huge wrote: > On 2019-06-11, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> wrote: >> On 3/06/2019 7:55 am, Rich wrote: >>> #################################################################### >>> # ATTENTION: This post is a reference to a website. The poster of # >>> # this Usenet article is not the author of the referenced website. # >>> #################################################################### >>> >>> <URL:https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/02/password-expiration-is-dead-long- >>> live-your-passwords/> >>> >>> The text below is a quotation from the URL above: >>>> >>>> May was a momentous month, which marked a victory for sanity and >>>> pragmatism over irrational paranoia. I'm obviously not talking about >>>> politics. I'm talking about Microsoft finally - finally! but credit to >>>> them for doing this nonetheless! - removing the password expiration >>>> policies from their Windows 10 security baseline. >>>> >>>> Although NIST and others precede this and deserve that credit, I think >>>> it's worth taking a moment to recognize this moment in time as truly a >>>> fundamental change in the industry. >>>> >>>> - SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) May 31, 2019 >>>> >>>> Many enterprise-scale organizations (including TechCrunch's owner >>>> Verizon) require their users to change their passwords regularly. This >>>> is a spectacularly counterproductive policy. >>>> >>>> ... >> >> Why did this take so long? Why did so many people think it was a good >> idea to force password changes? > > Having spent many, many fruitless hours in shouty meetings with management, > trying to convince them that password changes are a stupid idea, the only > conclusion I can come to is that it's a religious matter. > Grrr! Don't talk to me about management. Sometimes a lack of capacity for logical thought seems to be a job requirement. Sylvia.
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[Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-02 21:55 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2019-06-03 20:28 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-03 20:35 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-06-09 09:10 -0400
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-06-09 14:22 +0100
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-09 14:39 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2019-06-09 20:33 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2019-06-10 11:22 -0500
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> - 2019-06-10 11:42 -0500
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-10 18:05 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-06-10 22:28 +0100
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-06-11 16:42 +1000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-11 09:39 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-06-11 20:29 +1000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-11 11:01 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-06-11 17:18 -0300
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2019-06-12 00:04 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-06-12 01:49 -0300
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-12 08:49 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-12 08:57 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2019-06-11 17:57 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-11 18:05 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-11 21:08 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2019-06-12 00:10 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-12 08:50 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-11 11:03 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-06-11 21:55 +1000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-11 15:30 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-06-11 17:43 -0300
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-12 08:58 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-06-11 21:14 -0400
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-12 08:52 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-06-15 11:45 +1000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-06-15 15:46 -0400
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> - 2019-06-11 12:19 -0500
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-11 18:21 +0000
Re: [Link Posting] Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-06-11 21:12 -0400
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