>An email was broadcast at my work today. A corporation with over 10,000 employees with over 3,500 computers:
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>- effective immediately all attachments will be deleted from emails by the server
>- no access to the web for browsing or ftp (Dec 24 to Jan 4)
>- all modems to be unpluged (Dec 24 to Jan 4)
>- no emails internal or external (Dec 24 to Jan 4)
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>Needless to say, I am meeting with the manager of the microcomputer group tomorrow morning.
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>I think I know the guy that convinced the VP's to do this. He is the same guy that set the policy to have passwords expire ever 6 weeks.

I don't agree with any of the new policies.

OTOH, you should be grateful that your passwords are allowed to exist as long as 6 weeks. I'm not kidding here - a lot of organizations are much stricter than that - and in many cases, rightfully so. I could certainly see it for your organization.