Random passwords

[boredevilperson.livejournal.com]

In our system we have a random password generator that we use when we're creating a new login.

The other week it spat back at me "inbred6" for a password. Today it spat out "crotch2" I was telling a coworker of mine about that and she remembered a story from years ago.

At one of her previous companies they had people call in when they got a new e-mail login to be assigned their password. One of her coworkers had a guy on the phone. So she sets him up with his password and says "Ok your new password is T-E-N-N-I-S" (spelled it didn't say it)

User - "I can't use that"
Tech - "What?"
User - "I can't bring myself to type that word in every day. I'd like to request a different password"

This goes back and forth for a while with the tech thinking "What the heck is wrong with Tennis??? How loony is this guy?"

Tech - "Sir I have to ask because I sure don't understand. What is wrong with Tennis?"
User - "Oh dear . . . I thought you said P not T"

Comments

[boredevilperson.livejournal.com]

lol

[servermonkey.livejournal.com]

Would that have been wrong?

[boredevilperson.livejournal.com]

It's only wrong if you get written up for it. Even then that's out for debate ;-)