Cal.E.'s Korner

C.: Well, the new Cat In Charge of Cage Cleaning (CICCC) at The Kennel is on vacation. Since I formerly held that position,  The Kennel wants me to fill in for the CICCC for a week or so. To do that, though, there are things I must do. I’m glad I saved my suit so I can look the part.

Okay, The first is to create a new password to get to my files since my old password has expired. Let me see what the guidelines there are for this.

“The password must be as long as the user’s tail.”

C.: Well, that’s going to be a long password, then. What else does it say?

“Do not use an actual word in any language…”

C.: That’s simple. I can just misspell my name…no wait, I can’t….

“Or misspelled words such as names, names of places, colloquial phrases, or profanity.”

C.: This might require some profanity if it gets much harder. What else is not allowed?

“Do not use any of your last 216 passwords.”

C.: I can’t remember that many, so I’ll just start typing across the keyboard…

“And do not, under any circumstance, just type across the computer keyboard.

C.: Curses, foiled again. I know, I’ll just type the alphabet backwords

“And do not type words, phrases, or the alphabet backwards.”

C.: Then what about sequential numbers?

“Or use sequential numbers.”

C.: What if I type them in backwards?

“Not even if you type them in backwards.”

C.: Well, I have a password, but I need to write it down. I’ll just write it while I’m typing this blog…..

“And never share your pass word with anyone, especially not in print.

C.: Well, then, I’ll just keep that password to myself. I don’t have the memory problems that d.c. does, but my memory isn’t what it used to be, so I’ll just write my password down in this sheet of paper…

“And never write your password down for any reason.”

C.: Okay, then, I hope I can remember my new password. Okay, I remembered it to get to my profile… and into my email. I need to clean that out. I wonder how many are in there…? 250? Well, that is a lot, but not as many as I expected… oh, instead of using zeros, they decided to use the word ‘thousand’...A quarter of one million emails? OH MY…

D.: Well, that’s all the time we have for today, folks. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Korner.