[153571] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dear Linkedin,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Maimon)
Fri Jun 8 15:59:41 2012
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:58:56 -0400
From: Joe Maimon <jmaimon@ttec.com>
To: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
In-Reply-To: <4FD25716.3000801@mtcc.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Michael Thomas wrote:
> Linkedin has a blog post that ends with this sage advice:
>
> * Make sure you update your password on LinkedIn (and any site that you
> visit on the Web) at least once every few months.
>
> I have accounts at probably 100's of sites. Am I to understand that I am
> supposed to remember
> each one of them and dutifully update them every month or two?
>
> * Do not use the same password for multiple sites or accounts.
>
> So the implication is that I have 100's of passwords all unique and that
> I must
> change every one of them to be something new and unique every few months.
> And remember each of them. And not write them down.
>
> * Create a strong password for your account, one that includes letters,
> numbers, and other characters.
>
> And that each of those passwords needs to be really hard to guess that I
> change to every
> few months on 100's of web sites.
>
> I'm sorry, my brain doesn't hold that many passwords. Unless you're a
> savant, neither does
> yours. So what you're telling me and the rest of the world is impossible.
>
> What's most pathetic about this is that somebody actually believes that
> we all really
> deserve this finger wagging.
>
> Mike
>
Different passwords have different security clearances.
Some stuff, especially all those "security questions" just has to be
stored somewhere retrievable.
Joe
