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Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:42 am
by mik
You change your work logon cos you have to.
You know you have done this.
You spend the next 24hrs typing in your old password EVERY FUCKING TIME before retyping your new one instead.
<sigh> not getting any younger.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:48 am
by tim
Expiring passwords is no longer considered good practice. Refuse to do it.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:07 am
by duncs500
My last place they did away with password changes last year and replaced it with minimum 13 character passwords.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:46 pm
by mik
Regulations mate.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:00 pm
by GG.
Would be great if everything moves to face ID on webcams wouldn't it
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:03 pm
by mr_jon
tim wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:48 am
Expiring passwords is no longer considered good practice. Refuse to do it.
Is it??? I'm all for it, if so.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:03 pm
by Simon
GG. wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:00 pm
Would be great if everything moves to face ID on webcams wouldn't it
Windows Hello
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:33 pm
by DeskJockey
I changed mine on Monday. I'm still thinking the old password before remembering the new one. I'll settle for a long one (ooo, err) that doesn't change, over the faff of changing, then having to log into everything again with 2FA, etc.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:10 pm
by Ascender
New work password = the last one with the last digit incremented by one and a text file with all the other passwords in it. Because its still 1995 apparently.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:13 pm
by Pete_
How frequently do you have to do it? I need to use a Dutch government SharePoint site regularly for work and it requires a password change every 30 days :
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:54 pm
by V8Granite
Ours is monthly and as they seem to not like similar passwords my current one is 20 characters long.
It’s a faff.
Dave!
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:08 am
by Zonda_
When I worked at places that did this I just changed it as it insisted then once it was happy I changed it straight back.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 1:00 pm
by Ascender
Yeah, 30 days is pretty standard policy, but like Tim says, this is a very old practice and not recommended these days.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:36 pm
by Shlergen
Try something complex with symbols and numbers in place of letters, computer says no. Lose the will to live and enter Monday1, accepted.
Re: Password Change Day
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:27 pm
by mr_jon
ransomware guys rejoice!