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	Podcast:		voiceofthedba's podcast
	Episode:		A Double Failure
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:02:30
	Publish Date:		2019-05-06 16:00:00
	Description:		Every server ought to have a password. Every one. It's 2019, and apparently that advice hasn't sunken in. I still can't believe there are people without passwords/codes on their mobile devices or home PCs, but there are. It's crazy, and while I can forgive some individuals for doing this, no IT infrastructure staff or developer ought to do this. And yet, a double fail recently from Evisort. This is a startup doing some AI work, but apparently they set up an Elasticsearch server without a password. I've written about this before, and you set a password, but don't have to. That's both an Elasticsearch failure for not requiring one, but also a monumental failure on the part of whoever set this up inside a company. Read the rest of A Double Failure
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