RANT: Fucking Stupid Uni Student Service Systems...

[MKSheppard]

These wonderful asshats only give you three tries to get your password
right and then lock you out from the system. Fucking total asshats.

And to make it worse, you have to use a six digit number for your
password, instead of easy to remember word passwords......

[weemadando]

[nelson]Ha-Ha[/nelson]

The other day it took me no less than 30 attempts to get my username and password right on the uni computers (where I am at the moment). And no lock-out for me...

[MKSheppard]

[nelson]Ha-Ha[/nelson]

The other day it took me no less than 30 attempts to get my username and password right on the uni computers (where I am at the moment). And no lock-out for me...

BASTARD!

I'll have to go down there tomorrow and get my access unlocked...fucking
fuckers!

[Crayz9000]

[nelson]Ha-Ha[/nelson]

The other day it took me no less than 30 attempts to get my username and password right on the uni computers (where I am at the moment). And no lock-out for me...

[Computer Operations, aka the basement]

"Hmm, looks like that Ando guy forgot his password again. Think I should change it for him?"

"Nah, wait until he's done about thirty tries and then change it to something random. If he complains to us, just direct it to /dev/null."

[kheegster]

These wonderful asshats only give you three tries to get your password
right and then lock you out from the system. Fucking total asshats.

And to make it worse, you have to use a six digit number for your
password, instead of easy to remember word passwords......

You think that's bad??? My uni's system requires us to have alphabets (with capitalisations AND without), numerals, AND symbols. The system also performs an automatic dictionary check on the password...if it matches any known word, no go. It requires a almost random mix of the above before it accepts the password. And to top it off? You have to change the fucker every 3 months...

[ArmorPierce]

Yeah, it's the same over here on the three tries thing. Pisses me off sometimes.

[Admiral Valdemar]

I'm always logged on, only need to input password and name or library card number when doing perception tests online.

[Dalton]

Yeah! They should let you try as many times as you like. There's no security concerns there, nosiree...

[TrailerParkJawa]

3 tries and 6 letters is not an unreasonable password policy.

We also did not allow the password to match the previous 8 passwords.

However, here is a little trick.

Pick a password you can remember

aka. IlikeGuns

Then add number. Every time you are expected to change your password just increment your number.

IlikeGuns1, IlikeGuns2, etc.

[ArmorPierce]

Hope that isn't directed to me cause I said that it pisses me off sometimes but not that I don't think that it's not needed.

[Tsyroc]

The system where I work makes us change passwords every three months and you can never use the exact same one again. That's just the mainframe.

There are so many screw job things we have to sign into now it's ridiculous. Most of them can be set for the same password but a couple of them are more picky than the others.

Sign into Novell, then Win2000, then Mainframe, then Pyxis Connect (different password) and if I want to read email I have to sign into the web based version of Outlook Express Some of the systems are case sensetive and some are not.

I also have different passwords for the Pyxis computer and the TPN computer respectively. The Narc vault also requires a seperate password. Luckilly it doesn't change but when you get one you pick the first 3 characters and then it randomly assignes the other one.

[MKSheppard]

3 tries and 6 letters is not an unreasonable password policy.

It was six numbers.......

try to remember six fucking numbers.....

[weemadando]

Our system is uni assigned name and password.

Name is generally first initial followed by surname. But with mine its first two letters of firstname followed by MISSPELT last name. Oh and lets not forget the fact that it uses Unix passwords.

And I hadn't used a uni comp in months...

[TrailerParkJawa]

It was six numbers.......

try to remember six fucking numbers.....

Pick numbers the correspond to letters on a phone. And spell something.

ie ) napalm would be 627256

Remembering numbers is harder than letters, I agree, but not that hard if you use a trick or two. We all know we have way too many PIN numbers!!


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[GrandMasterTerwynn]

These wonderful asshats only give you three tries to get your password
right and then lock you out from the system. Fucking total asshats.

And to make it worse, you have to use a six digit number for your
password, instead of easy to remember word passwords......

Pshhh, that's nothing. Back when I went to school, we had the three strikes policy, and we had to have a password containing letters and numbers. And the computer people would try to crack your password too. If they could, you got locked out and had to change it.

[The Dark]

Well, we have a fairly user-friendly system, where we can select our own password, and get 7 tries before lockout. However, my high school used our ID number, which were 10 digits long.

[kheegster]

3 tries and 6 letters is not an unreasonable password policy.

It was six numbers.......

try to remember six fucking numbers.....

If you can remember phone numbers, 6 numbers should be a piece of cake...

[Spoonist]

To actuallly complain about a three strikes lock is ridicilous...

Especially since it's a password as easy as 6 digits.

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You are behaving like people who get mad at the police officer for giving you a speeding ticket.

[CmdrSweevo]

3 tries and 6 letters is not an unreasonable password policy.

It was six numbers.......

try to remember six fucking numbers.....

If you can remember phone numbers, 6 numbers should be a piece of cake...

Especially if you use them regularly... I normally keep PINs stored in my phone when I get them, and a couple of days later I can wipe them.

[phongn]

3 tries and 6 letters is not an unreasonable password policy.

It was six numbers.......

try to remember six fucking numbers.....

My university has that requirement for class registration/financial aid and such.

Email passwords have a dictionary search run on them to make sure you aren't being lazy (which is a security risk) and you are encouraged to use symbols and numbers.

[Lord Edam]

You are behaving like people who get mad at the police officer for giving you a speeding ticket.

It's Shep - the same Shep who fantasised about brutally murdering an old bloke for daring to pay for what he wanted to buy in the shop where Shep was working.

I like listening to people moan about their admins. It makes me want to go fuck with our users some more.

"Sorry Mr. Faculty Director? You've not got any programs in your start menu? I'm sure that's wrong. Try looking again... No, shortcuts don't just come and go as they please. They've always been there"

[Coaan]

Welcome to the Fucked-up-Higher education system

[kheegster]

For number passwords, a favorite trick of mine is to pick the date of some historical event (I'm sure Shep knows more than a few), e.g. Pearl Harbour will be 07121941 or something like that. For combinations with words, symbols, and digits, s0m3th!nG_lik3_th!$_1s_gR3@t.

[Vertigo1]

Let me get this straight....you can't memorize six stupid numbers? Tell me you're joking.....

If you can memorize your home phone number, you can memorize a fucking 6-number password. If not, write it down and put it in your wallet!

[Original Smurf]

These wonderful asshats only give you three tries to get your password
right and then lock you out from the system. Fucking total asshats.

And to make it worse, you have to use a six digit number for your
password, instead of easy to remember word passwords......

Many of the passwords I have actually come from being forced to remember such 6 digit codes. It's not that hard.