When I worked at IBM it was first letter of surname plus personnel number (5 numerics).
Another site used a role based ID such as SNRDBA for Senior DBA. On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 10:31 AM Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > One place I worked used the employee number as proof of identify when the > help desk proposed to help him with his password. The employee ID was > printed on the photo ID we carried around. As a security jock I never > thought much of that scheme; no better than SSN, in my opinion. > > (The best scheme for that, at least that I've run into so far, is the > policy of a company I worked for a long time: Any department that had at > least 25 people in it was required to have someone there scoped to update > the passwords for folks in that department. So no need to prove my > identity through some hackable means: I just walked up to Anna's desk and > say "Anna, please fix my password". Since Anna knows me (or knows my voice > over the phone), no issue. I've been a fan of decentralized (but > monitored) security ever since.) > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* It is hard enough, even with the best will in the world, to be just. > It is hard, under the pressure of haste, uneasiness, ill-temper, > self-complacency, and conceit, even to continue intending justice. Power > corrupts; the "insolence of office" will creep in. We see it so clearly in > our superiors; is it unlikely that our inferiors see it in us? How many of > those who have been over us did not sometimes (perhaps often) need our > forgiveness? Be sure that we likewise need the forgiveness of those that > are under us. -C S Lewis, "The Psalms" */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Matt Hogstrom > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 20:18 > > A place I worked used initials followed by a 5 digit employee ID. xxnnnnn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
