[Info-vax] VMS humor

[Dave Froble]

On 12/30/2020 12:45 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <rshs9q$nnu$1 at dont-email.me>, =?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>> Den 2020-12-30 kl. 14:25, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
>>> In article <74ad5ee7-5ee4-4aac-a48d-5013d840683an at googlegroups.com>, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> writes:
>>>> On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 5:49:23 PM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone else wonder if the drug manufacturers use the VMS password
>>>>> generator to name new drugs? :-)
>>>> On x86, it will be harder to pronounce:
>>>>
>>>> $ set password/generate=16/algo=mixed
>>>> Old password:
>>>>
>>>> knE~yAZ7dv=K]+Ui
>>>> 3t;yh58-6T1[Oa7;
>>>> 40Ie652I[6xlW3Yl
>>>> ud58{>!1&R17h7uo
>>>> dRcp7Se{'8^1<mK0
>>>>
>>>> Choose a password from this list, or press RETURN to get a new list
>>>
>>> And harder to remember!  That'll insure that the user records their
>>> password somewhere besides in their memory.
>>>
>>
>> It has been a long time since users only kept passwords in their memory.
>>
>> Most applications (maybe more browsers then terminal emulators)
>> today has the option to save the login data. It is uncommon today
>> that you are forced to remember your passwords yourself.
>
> The VMS terminal driver will be modified to remember your cryptic password?
> Oh, the security.
>

How about having your terminal emulator keep usernames and passwords?

:-)

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