Comments on: Never Store Your Passwords in Clear Text http://highedwebtech.com/2009/11/27/never-store-your-passwords-in-clear-text/ Higher Ed Web Development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chris Smith http://highedwebtech.com/2009/11/27/never-store-your-passwords-in-clear-text/#comment-1470 Chris Smith Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:28:17 +0000 http://highedwebtech.com/?p=943#comment-1470 I agree with having extremely strong passwords for sensitive data, like databases, FTP connections, whatever. It's funny. I work for a company in Saegertown and they recently decided to have me manage their website rather than having it outsourced. Our "IT" manager gave me the FTP password. It was the street address and the middle name of someone in the company! Pretty outrageous. I immediately changed it to something like you suggested above. Thanks for the article and the heads up about MT. I agree with having extremely strong passwords for sensitive data, like databases, FTP connections, whatever.

It’s funny. I work for a company in Saegertown and they recently decided to have me manage their website rather than having it outsourced. Our “IT” manager gave me the FTP password. It was the street address and the middle name of someone in the company! Pretty outrageous.

I immediately changed it to something like you suggested above. Thanks for the article and the heads up about MT.

]]> By: Eric Stoller http://highedwebtech.com/2009/11/27/never-store-your-passwords-in-clear-text/#comment-1469 Eric Stoller Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:24:17 +0000 http://highedwebtech.com/?p=943#comment-1469 Ugh! I am not happy about this...I may think twice before recommending MT to my friends/clients from now on. Ugh! I am not happy about this…I may think twice before recommending MT to my friends/clients from now on.

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