My company has a system that automatically generates an 8 character password for all machines on a 90 day basis. I have had so many instances with passwords consisting of multiple instances of uppercase O, 0, uppercase I, lowercase l's, 1 etc.
To make matters worse, the typeface they use to send them out is sanserif and the widths of O and 0 are almost identical.
You have 3 chances to type it in correctly before your machine gets locked.
It would be so simple to add an algorithm to the generator to skip these characters.
mcgillibuddy on November 23rd, 2020 at 14:38 UTC »
Slash the zeroes damnit!!
qkucy on November 23rd, 2020 at 14:44 UTC »
You clearly need to pull an r/MildlyVandalized and put a slash through that 0.
Edit: r/MildlyVandalised
rsauchuck on November 23rd, 2020 at 14:53 UTC »
My company has a system that automatically generates an 8 character password for all machines on a 90 day basis. I have had so many instances with passwords consisting of multiple instances of uppercase O, 0, uppercase I, lowercase l's, 1 etc.
To make matters worse, the typeface they use to send them out is sanserif and the widths of O and 0 are almost identical.
You have 3 chances to type it in correctly before your machine gets locked.
It would be so simple to add an algorithm to the generator to skip these characters.