Encrypted Passwords & Restricting Logon Attempts

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Jim Morris wrote:

> Now their corporate headquarters has identified this issue (unlimited 
> login attempts allowed) as the primary violation on a recent security 
> audit of the network in this branch office of the company.  I think 
> they have only given the local MIS guy a few days to achieve compliance.
> 
>  From a personal standpoint, 3.0 is soon enough.  For the company
> involved, I think they may end up switching to plaintext passwords as a
> temporary solution.  I've had a conversation with them today, and it
> sounds like the local guys are willing to do that for the
> short-term.....


That's funny!  Switching to plain text passwords to be in compliance with 
a security audit :-)  I'm choking on the irony of it all!




cheers, jerry
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