Comments on: Passwords, Again http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/passwords-again/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:07:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sapran http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/passwords-again/#comment-29 Sapran Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:52:53 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/passwords-again/#comment-29 Vampires require more special invitation. This server was secure at least from vampires. Vampires require more special invitation. This server was secure at least from vampires.

]]> By: MichaelSeese http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/passwords-again/#comment-28 MichaelSeese Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:51:43 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/passwords-again/#comment-28 My guess would be they don't have an IT (or an infosec) guy. Heavens, I hope they don't have an infosec professional who doesn't know to look for default null passwords. Most likely, their sysadmin is "Dave, who is pretty good with computers." -- Michael Seese, author of [A href="http://www.amazon.com/Scrappy-Information-Security-plain-English-Biometrics/dp/1600051324/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245928166&sr=1-1"] Scrappy Information Security My guess would be they don’t have an IT (or an infosec) guy. Heavens, I hope they don’t have an infosec professional who doesn’t know to look for default null passwords. Most likely, their sysadmin is “Dave, who is pretty good with computers.”

– Michael Seese, author of Scrappy Information Security

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