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The Unspoken Taboo - The Never Expiring Password

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the silent-threats dept.

anon writes "Every security savvy professional lives with the daily fear of the "never expiring password" being exposed. It's the unspoken taboo, the wide open back door in every corporate network. But no-one ever acknowledges it or discusses it. All applications have got pre-defined passwords that never change. Which means developers, privileged users and hosting third party service providers will all have access to these passwords."

3 of 537 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Oh no! by whmac33 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone ever seen "Crash" ?

    I was crying during the scene with the little girl. My wife was bawling.

    Great movie BTW

  2. Re:I hate to do it.... by Lisandro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Never mind; Mel Brooks directed "Young frankenstein". He excused for all of his bad movies (and sins) as far as i'm concerned!

  3. Re:I hate to do it.... by mattspammail · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The schwartz wasn't real anyway. It came out of a cracker jack box.

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