Hi Guys, What would be a good accessible password manager? Thanks, Billy -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of John G Heim Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 10:48 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] On the Topic of Passwords But as a systems admin, you're running into way more sensitive issues than ethical hacking. For instance, a typical email administrator has way more temptations to deal with than you'd get from knowing how to hack into someone's machine. As the systems admin for the file server and the database server in my department, there is nothing I can't get to. I would never poke around in that stuff though. If I did that, I couldn't look at myself in the mirror every morning. Well, I can't do that anyway but I'd be like, "If I could see you, I'd be ashamed." On 08/03/2016 08:45 AM, Katherine Moss wrote:
In regards to the postit notes thing ... drives me nuts. I love password managers. I'd love to do ethical hacking courses too, but then the temptation would be too great to mess with my techie friends. The issue then becomes, when does a harmless prank turn into a legal battle?
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 9:22 AM To: jheim@math.wisc.edu; blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] On the Topic of Passwords
Many departments we support have several systems. These all require their own passwords that expire at different times. They also have different requirements for complexity.
For some reason the people who develop policies around these issues feel that it is more secure keeping everything isolated than it is to have the tools in place to synchronise all the login accounts and passwords.
The tech guys who are our boots on the ground keep saying that these behaviours have made their jobs a lot easier. When they need to troubleshoot and resolve issues often the person putting in the request is not at their workstation. Because of all the systems being stand alone, it is amazing how often it is possible to find user accounts and passwords on posted notes under people's keyboards.
Vic Pereira
Project Manager, Networks and End-Users Branch Shared Services Canada / Government of Canada vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca / Tel: 204-781-5046
Gestionnaire de projet, Direction des réseaux et des utilisateurs finaux Services partagés Canada / Gouvernement du Canada vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca / Tél: 204-781-5046
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