(Some names changed to maintain a modicum of anonymity.)
<Dave> noc - rebooting [REDACTED]
<Phil_R_> ok thank you
<KBU> 10-4 good buddy
<Phil> Tac0Danz05
<jon> we got ourselves a convoy
<gr> Nice password, Phil.
<Phil> thanks…it used to be nice and secure.
<gr> At least yours are longer than jon’s.
<Dave> so… many… comments…
<gr> Down boy.
(Previously.)
I’ve let this one kick around in the back of my mind for a while, because I’m about to accuse someone, in public, of being grossly unprofessional which could, itself, be considered unprofessional. I confess that my first impulse was to simply post the whole email thread, edited only mildly to conceal identities, but that’s [...]
Schedule maintenance on a PDU in the middle of a day, on a week dayWednesday.
When questioned over this obvious risk in the change management meeting by the Director over Windows systems, assure everyone that nothing could go wrong because the circuit is redundant.
Permit your electrical contractor to blow a fuse when performing [...]
From the work IRC server (gr is me):
[15:01] jon: dove55
[15:01] gr: That’s a pretty lame password, jon.
[15:01] _travis_lappy486_: O.o
[15:01] _travis_lappy486_: LoL.
[15:01] _travis_lappy486_: Quick!
[15:01] jon: doh
[15:02] gr: travis, tempting, but technically that would be a firing offense.
[15:02] gr: Internal security is an HR issue, not a technical issue.
[15:03] _travis_lappy486_: LoL.
[15:03] jon: to late anyway
[15:03] _travis_lappy486_: Definitely.
[15:03] [...]