This database system we have here at work requires that I reset my password every 30 days. It starts asking me after 15 days if I want to reset it, and I have, in the past, reset it earlier than the 30 days.
Never again.
And this is why:
I used the same password every time, it was a word with a number at the end. I'd just change the number each time I needed to change the password. It worked out really well and I thought I had an unlimited supply of fresh passwords here. After all, there's an unlimited amount of numbers out there, right?
So today I needed to reset the password. I was on the number 10, so I put in the word then the number 10 and got this response:
Password contains too many characters
Huh? Who's ever heard of a password that is too long? Let's see, this has nine characters, so I've got to go less than nine. Ah! I'll just start over with the same password at 1 and cycle through them again...
Password is identical to one already used
All right, fair enough. It was worth a try, anyway. Let's see, what other word could I use? Ah yes! Let's try it.
Password contains too few characters
Dang! this has six characters, so what if I try this word and number... seven characters should be OK, right?
Password contains too few characters
What? You've got to be kidding me! The only allowable amount of characters is eight? What's so special about eight? Grrr! OK, here's an eight character password.
Password contains the same letter consecutively
This stinks. All right, here's a word with no similar letters or numbers next to each other.
Password contains two numbers consecutively
Consecutive numbers? Why on earth can't I used consecutive numbers? This program wants me to change my password every 30 days, no wait, every 15 days, but has this many restrictions on what the password can be?
Whoever wrote that software should ... no. No. I'm not mad.
Grrrrr!
10 years ago
