New SABRE password standard

[Dont call me Shirley]

On 1 Feb, new SABRE password standards were set; the length of allowable passwords was changed. What was not announced, but discovered by more than one user, is that certain words - - even acronyms - are now "unacceptable".
Not just George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" (some of them are too long anyway) but some words that most people would consider fairly mild..."salty" anyway.

Is this a Tempe thing? Were naughty words ever allowed in SHARES? (What does SHARES stand for, anyway)
Maybe I should ask over on AA page if there are "standards"
over on their SABRE partition.

Now I can just imagine SABRE users (those who read US Aviation at any rate) "trying" new passwords tomorrow! 😀

 

[PHX-F/A]

SHARES at one time was owned by Continental I guess EDS owns it now.

When Frank Lorenzo grabbed Eastern, they kept System One, and merged the best of both systems.

SHARES stands for SHared Airline Reservation Entry System

 

[USstew23]

On 1 Feb, new SABRE password standards were set; the length of allowable passwords was changed. What was not announced, but discovered by more than one user, is that certain words - - even acronyms - are now "unacceptable".
Not just George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" (some of them are too long anyway) but some words that most people would consider fairly mild..."salty" anyway.

Is this a Tempe thing? Were naughty words ever allowed in SHARES? (What does SHARES stand for, anyway)
Maybe I should ask over on AA page if there are "standards"
over on their SABRE partition.

Now I can just imagine SABRE users (those who read US Aviation at any rate) "trying" new passwords tomorrow! 😀

It's the same on the AA side as well. Funny I just thought it was AA that made the rule.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

It's the same on the AA side as well. Funny I just thought it was AA that made the rule.

We all know how Bob Crandall had little tolerance for "salty language"!! 😛

It is interesting that passwords that had worked in US partition for years are now verboten, leading to the as yet unanswered question of if this is a Tempe thing.

 

[NCFL]

Sorry
A$$ed
Ba$tards
Ruined
Everything