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- Subject: [Discuss] KVM, virt-manager, and CentOS7
- From: derek at ihtfp.com (Derek Atkins)
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 11:47:45 -0500
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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 > > >> 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 >> >> -- >> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory >> Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) >> URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH >> warlord at MIT.EDU PGP key available >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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