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Whether or not if this is a stupid idea (it is).
We as a business need to have a serious talk about passwords usage and security.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I take it they don't want that file encrypted either, so they can easily update the password when it needs to be changed?
I'd be responding with "why not cut to the chase and remove all security?" Because you know that's what's going to be next anyway...
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Oh that must have hurt, you had to sit there and listen to the request and NOT stab the speaker with a pen nor could you call him a bloody idiot.
I had the same requirement from a manager once, I want to sign in once and never again, and I worked in a bank. I referred him to the in house security department who castigated him rather thoroughly.
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: castigated him rather thoroughly
The first time I read that, I saw the word castrated. The funny part is, that works well too.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Software Zen: delete this;
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Well......... That may not be as crazy as it sounds...
Ok, actually pasting it is, of course, and Single-Sign On with some identity provider (AD) would be a MUCH better option.
But I've actually worked with a VPN client once where I was able to put my username and password in a file somewhere in My Documents or some such (may also be a public folder such as Program Files, which would be stupid) and the VPN would automatically connect with those credentials if I was logged in.
If I deleted the file I had to type in my username and password every time I tried to connect.
I didn't think it was the safest option, but at least it was easier than manually logging in each day.
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For a small app (WinForms, not web) I wrote for an employer some years ago, I had it get the user's Windows Identity and match it to the profiles in the system. And if the user wished, he could set his profile to accept the Identity as proof of authenticity rather than requiring the password.
Logging into the same profile from another Identity would require the password.
Hmmm... does that qualify as two-factor authentication? Authenticate against Active Directory and then against the application?
Only four people ever used the app and I, of course, set my profile to auto-authenticate with my Identity.
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If they're using Active Directory, you could use that for authentication. Most of our apps at work are set up that way, even our web ones. Granted, the web ones we have to enter in our information again, but at least it's one less thing to remember for a work related task.
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I can fully understand the request. A better solution would be to have the software automatically use LDAP to confirm credentials.
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Sounds like an awesome feature! What could possibly go wrong??!!??
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Probably a request for a "single sign-on"; i.e. "Once I'm signed in, why do I still have to "sign in" (again) to "the app".
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Hi Guys, I hope you're doing fantastic. Please share you experience. I know the mileage may vary, but I've been out of the market for too long - 10 years, so have no idea how it's outside these days.
I have enough resources to survive for one year. Max. Do you think that will be enough? Also, can you please share some headhunters in the tri-state area?
Have experience with practically every common language/DBA system and most of the technologies. No web development or WPF though. Quite impressive resume including - from Visa and Mastercard to container vessels. I'm 42 yo and with almost 20 years of working experience + real education (master in CS).
The thing is my company sends me temporally to Germany, and I suffer from severe anxiety and cannot board airplane. Also hate foreign countries. Which in my case renders me useless for my current position(manager).
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Never. My wife is using it a lot, so I'm familiar wit the platform, but never tried it myself. Thanks for the advice.
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Germany is foreign? Apart from having much better actual beer there it's not that different.
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I think the problem was to actually get there
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Exactly.
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Lopatir wrote: actual beer
I'd put US beer up against theirs any day!*
* stuff sh*t like Bud and Coors are not beer
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On a really hot day when your throat is really dry and there are no alternatives they are.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I'd put US beer up against theirs any day!*
stuff sh*t like Bud and Coors are not beer
If you had to point it out, that's because you know somebody was going to.
What's a "real" American beer anyway?
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The number of breweries is astounding. I happen to like Boatswains Double IPA. For an auslander, you'd probably want some sort of brand name - like Sam Adams. There's an series of Fish Head IPA's. There's Stockyard Oatmeal Stout. If on went to a 'beer distributor', one could spend a very long time just trying to read all the labels.
For me - it's a double delight. I've always liked hoppy beer - and for now at least, it's in fashion. Even if the fashion changes they'll still be around. Long ago, for my thesis, I had Carlsburg Elephant and Gosser Stiftsbrau - such exotica is no longer necessary and easily surpasses.
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If I didn't know any better, I'd say this is as evasive answer as can be.  So, there's no "one American beer" that everybody agrees is universally liked? Or at least a small list of names that get general approval?
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Evasive? Perhaps a poor choice of words on your part.
Now as far as popular beers go, they typical American sucks down swill. (coors, bud, etc.). Now if you add to that list Corona (a Mexican beer), you've covered almost every massive gathering and tribal sports event that I've seen.
But - it's a large country and even for swill, there's regional beers ("old style" in Chicago area, "Lone Star" in Northern Mexico, etc.) - there a a few huge brewers and for all I know, they just repackage the same sh*t to make locals feel important.
Nonetheless, good beer is everywhere to be had and without difficulty. And, fortunately for me, my base favorite is even a bit economical once it when from 23oz bottles to 12oz cans.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Evasive? Perhaps a poor choice of words on your part.
I was trying to provoke a reaction.
W∴ Balboos wrote: Now as far as popular beers go, they typical American sucks down swill. (coors, bud, etc.).
That was my point. I can't name a single American beer that Americans agree is an "obvious choice". You seem to be in agreement with your Coors/Bud comment. And you're right about Corona...and since it's Mexican to begin with, well, it can be ruled out.
"There's no clear winner" is all I was trying to say. I'm admittedly not much of a beer drinker myself, so I'm nobody's yardstick.
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