Re:Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q or a Z
by hellerbarde on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @04:03AM
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The architecture might have been state of the art and completely reasonable back in "ye olden days". The fact remains that it's not appropriate for 2014.
If the reasons for this behemoth are compatibility with 50 years old processes, then these processes have to be modernized so this software can be scrapped. (or fixed, either way a huge project)
Re:Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q or a Z
by roel_v on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @04:16AM
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" then these processes have to be modernized"
How so? So people can use Q's and Z's in their passwords? What would your business case look like? "Hey everybody let's spend $500 million so people can use arbitrary passwords, because [entropy], never mind most people use the name of their cat anyway?"
Re:Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q or a Z
by gpcz on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @09:57AM
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As ridiculous as that pitch might sound, it makes the implied security-money tradeoff directly visible to management and causes them to make a formal decision.
Re:Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q or a Z
by rnovak on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @01:17PM
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How so? if it's been used for 60 years, how many records do you think would be compromised if someone gained access to the system? Millions? Billions? Sounds like a good reason to 'modernize' to me.
The target breach would be nothing compared to the breach of a system in use for 60 years.
Re:Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q or a Z
by wakeless on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @04:40AM
(#7742771)
But my cat's name is quizzical.
Re:Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q or a Z
by bela_lugosi on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @06:14AM
(#7742992)
surely you mean quizzicat
Re:Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q or a Z
by DonHopkins on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @05:01PM
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If their computer system is from the 1950's and they can't modernize it, why don't they also allow smoking and box cutters on the plane, and dress their stewardesses up all sexy?
Re:Passwords for JetBlue accounts cannot contain a Q or a Z
by imjustsaying on Thursday May 15, 2014 @01:41AM
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You're missing out. Try KoreanAir.
Now, yes.
The original SABRE dates back to the 1950s, and was not an airline-customer-facing system; SABRE dates to an era when the phone interface was used by airline ticket agents.
So if you're going to argue that the design is wrong, you need to argue for why it was wrong for the 1950s use case and interaction patterns, not try to retrofit 2014's use cases and interaction patterns onto it.