OT: cd's again... one last question....

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>From inside the gravity well of a singularity, Bob Stockler shouted:
> Brian K. White wrote (on Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 05:51:13PM -0500):
> [snip]
> 
> | Plus that point about accountability is a good one.
> | The other day I was on site at a clients, and the owner printed me an excel 
> | sheet of all the users login names and passwords for me to enter into the 
> | backup unix box.
> | When I no longer needed that sheet, I didn't throw it away or destroy it. I 
> | brought it back to the owner so that he knew himself what ultimately became 
> | of it.
> 
> Yeah, but not of any copies you scanned of it to files or hardcopy.

The question that is actually begged is why there was a plaintext printout
of usernames AND PASSWORDS at all.  I don't think I need to spell out the
security implications.  That's just a daft thing to let exist.  And in
Excel format, no less, which implies it's on a 'doze box.

Geez, they should leave the keys to the office in a flowerpot on the front
steps, given those kinds of practises.

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