[techtalk] Slightly OT: My dopey sysadmin strikes again!

[Gina Lanik]

heh, you forgot the
<clickety-clickety-click>
mumbling to self: "heh, (s)he tells me..."

cheers,

Gina

On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 16:31:18 EDT, stephanie1200 at netscape.net writes:
>What did you say your IP address was??
>
>j/k =)
>
>Kath <ranger at optonline.net> wrote:
>>
>> <rant>
>> We have a web based homework assignment doo hickey.
>> 
>> He has started giving me names of teachers who to participate in it and star
>ts giving me the teachers names and the password HE wants.  And they are absolu
>tely retarded.  If the user's name is Joe Smith, he puts the password down as "
>joes" or if the user's name is Mary Turnkey "maryt". =O
>> 
>> We are a hack waiting to happen :|
>> 
>> At least it isn't actual accounts on the server, just access to one page via
> PHP/MySQL, but I can imagine the porn popups now when some elementary school 
>kid goes to click on their homework.
>> 
>> We don't even md5 the passwords, since the teachers are rather forgetful and
> we like to be able to look up their passwords via the console.  sigh :(
>> 
>> </rant>
>> 
>> - Kath the Frustrated
>> 
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