Ext User(Wayne)
20-03-2006, 05:56 PM
DalienX wrote:
> Uncle Bully wrote:
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>>I've worked for a couple of ISPs, one of them Bigpond, and at no
>>point have I ever seen a user's password anywhere unless they
>>specifically told me it. There is no need to store plain text
>>passwords so why would they?
>>
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> funny, cause last time i asked for a new password from bigpond, the guy
> taps a few keys.. says to me "ok ive reset your password, got a pen?"
> he then TELLS me the new password.
> Now how can he tell me the new password if he cant bloody see it?
Perhaps because the new password is spewed from a password generator, or
the guy made it up on the spot.
This is often refered to as the initial password, even if this is the
nth time the password has been reset.
> Uncle Bully wrote:
>
>
>
>>I've worked for a couple of ISPs, one of them Bigpond, and at no
>>point have I ever seen a user's password anywhere unless they
>>specifically told me it. There is no need to store plain text
>>passwords so why would they?
>>
>
>
> funny, cause last time i asked for a new password from bigpond, the guy
> taps a few keys.. says to me "ok ive reset your password, got a pen?"
> he then TELLS me the new password.
> Now how can he tell me the new password if he cant bloody see it?
Perhaps because the new password is spewed from a password generator, or
the guy made it up on the spot.
This is often refered to as the initial password, even if this is the
nth time the password has been reset.