Authorities have responsibilities too [LWN.net]

Authorities have responsibilities too

Posted Aug 7, 2026 22:55 UTC (Fri) by alx.manpages (subscriber, #145117)
In reply to: Authorities have responsibilities too by alx.manpages
Parent article: Changes in shadow-utils password-expiration features

Even more funny: their policies are still public, but the scripts are closed ('Redes clasificadas'). The page says last change is from August 2026. It would be interesting if they closed it exactly today. :D

<https://www.ccn-cert.cni.es/es/guias.html>

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Authorities have responsibilities too

Posted Aug 7, 2026 22:58 UTC (Fri) by alx.manpages (subscriber, #145117) [Link] (2 responses)

Oh no, they claim it's public, but when you try to read them, the policies are also closed behind a login wall. :(

Authorities have responsibilities too

Posted Aug 9, 2026 6:56 UTC (Sun) by bmork (subscriber, #88411) [Link] (1 responses)

> Oh no, they claim it's public, but when you try to read them, the policies are also closed behind a login wall. :(

Nice way to collect passwords:-)

Authorities have responsibilities too

Posted Aug 10, 2026 3:43 UTC (Mon) by willy (subscriber, #9762) [Link]

... but you have to change it every 90 days ...