[Discuss] KVM, virt-manager, and CentOS7

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Thu, February 9, 2017 11:40 am, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> Here's the problem with all this.
>
> 8 characters for a name. Yes, in a hypothetical sense you have
> 2.183401056×10^14 possible passwords if you use 8 ascii alpha/numeric
> characters with no punctuation characters, but the vast majority of that
> space are random strings not suitable for nicknames or meaningful
> identifiers. For instance, I can't see that any remaining meaningful
> permutations of "john smith" could possibly be left. How many email
> addresses do they assign a year? How many back-logged names did they
> create at first?
>
> When an alum dies, does their email address become available?

Generally @mit.edu addresses are "recovered" approximately 1-2 years after
they leave MIT.  There are exceptions for certain classes of people whose
accounts remain "sponsored".  It's unclear what happens if a sponsored
account owner passes.

Then there are "alum.mit.edu" accounts, which is MIT's "Email Forwarding
for Life", which allows more than 8 characters, so there's really no
issue.

-derek

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>
>> Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 10:24:54AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>> Eric Chadbourne <sillystring at protonmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>> > Off topic, warlord at MIT.EDU, is the best email ever.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.  I've had it since 1989.
>>>
>>> MIT trivia: once you have a username, you can't change it.
>>>
>>> http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/dont-screw-up-your-username
>>
>> Only mostly true.  I know a handful of people who successfully changed
>> their usernames.  It's rare, and only done in extreme circumstances.
>> But it *can* be done.
>>
>>> -dsr-
>>
>> -derek
>>
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>>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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