Poll: Thursday joke : So a user goes to reset their password..

[bledd]

Password expired, please enter new password

chicken

Password not valid, must contain capital

chickenkiev

 

[peterwalkley]

Ban

 

[Scottland]

Bangkok

Fixed, didn't contain capital.

 

[adolf hamster]

Ban

 

[robfosters]

Come back Antijoke, all is forgiven!

 

[Beerbaron]

That's a poor password policy. No numbers or characters

 

[RDM]

That's a poor password policy. No numbers or characters

It’s all about the length....

 

[snips86x]

It’s all about the length....

length counts for everything

 

[Sankari]

Gentlemen, show this scoundrel out and refuse him entry henceforth!

 

[Maccy]

You told me that joke a few days ago, when it was terrible, so you're going to have to be demoted now.

 

[Beerbaron]

It’s all about the length....

Password needs to be longer if you want to lower its complexity

 

[glenimp617]

That's a poor password policy. No numbers or characters

actually, if you listen to Microsofts latest stance on passwords, the use of number or characters is a bad idea

 

[Dis86]

@bledd Love it.

 

[RDM]

Password needs to be longer if you want to lower its complexity

Adding special characters, numbers or changing case doesn’t really add much. If you want a difficult to brute force password and a difficult to guess password, just make it long. If you want a password that the user will probably have to write down, then add all sorts of rules that make it harder to remember.

 

[Lysander]

This isn't actually a joke, it's just a pun, because chicken kievs don't have anything to do with passwords or computers.

 

[Drumroll]

Good one.

 

[Beerbaron]

Adding special characters, numbers or changing case doesn’t really add much. If you want a difficult to brute force password and a difficult to guess password, just make it long. If you want a password that the user will probably have to write down, then add all sorts of rules that make it harder to remember.

I prefer passphrases over passwords. MFA should be a minimum now.

 

[Dis86]

This isn't actually a joke, it's just a pun, because chicken kievs don't have anything to do with passwords or computers.

Pun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

 

[RDM]

I prefer passphrases over passwords. MFA should be a minimum now.

Biometrics is my preference, I get slightly aggrieved these days if I can’t pay with my phone

 

[englishpremier]

Adding special characters, numbers or changing case doesn’t really add much. If you want a difficult to brute force password and a difficult to guess password, just make it long. If you want a password that the user will probably have to write down, then add all sorts of rules that make it harder to remember.

Yet how many poeple on these forums work in IT or head IT and security departments and still have draconian rules that the password must be a minimum of 8 characters must contain one number one capital and a one special character.

When I worked for a large company that had many government contracts of of which quite sensitive, most people just wrote their password down. Especially given you were required to change it every 6 months. Daft is daft.