McGill will double your password if you don’t do it first

Re:McGill will double your password if you don’t do it first by primitivesuave on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:09PM (#8627285)

It's quite easy to come up with a scheme to manipulate the password client-side. I'd assume an organization with any technology credence whatsoever knows not to store unencrypted passwords by now.

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Re:McGill will double your password if you don’t do it first by jszymborski on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:20PM (#8627345)

The problem is that these passwords are used on everything from printer services to cisco vpn access to federated network ("eduroam") where "client-side" isn't somethin McGill controls.

McGill does some beautiful IT admin stuff. And then it does some scary-ass shit like this.

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Re:McGill will double your password if you don’t do it first by zackify on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:12PM (#8627300)

take a look at pearson's blackboard, they store passwords in plain text.

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Re:McGill will double your password if you don’t do it first by steve-howard on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:15PM (#8627323)

I'd really rather not. Blackboard has a reputation among students and faculty alike for being nigh-impossible to understand.

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Re:McGill will double your password if you don’t do it first by username on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:20PM (#8627344)

Pearson does this in all of their services.

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Re:McGill will double your password if you don’t do it first by zackify on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @07:31PM (#8627404)

i know, mymathlab as well.

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