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services:accounts:security_password [2012/04/26 15:46] marina [SECURITY WARNING ABOUT PASSWORD / e-mail phishing] |
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====== SECURITY WARNING ABOUT PASSWORD / e-mail phishing ====== | ====== SECURITY WARNING ABOUT PASSWORD / e-mail phishing ====== | ||
- | If you receive any e-mail asking for your password (please remember that the "//From://" header can be easily forged), | + | If you receive any e-mail asking for your password, it is surely a swindle(fraud/scam)/e-mail phishing. \\ |
- | it is surely a swindle(fraud/scam)/e-mail phishing, so please inform us as soon as possible by forwarding | + | So please inform us as soon as possible by forwarding |
the suspect e-mail to [[helpdesk@sissa.it]], then delete it. \\ | the suspect e-mail to [[helpdesk@sissa.it]], then delete it. \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | :!: Please remember that the** "//From://" header can be easily forged**.:!:\\ | ||
+ | |||
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- | <note i> | + | <note warning> |
- | **NEVER SEND ANY PASSWORD BY E-MAIL** independently by who is asking.\\ | + | 1. ** NEVER SEND ANY PASSWORD BY E-MAIL** independently by whoever is asking;\\ |
+ | 2. ** NEVER OPEN LINKS FROM UNTRUSTED E-MAILS**, particularly regarding your SISSA username & password. | ||
+ | </note> | ||
- | Keep in mind that neither banks nor **our computer staff members will never ask by e-mail for your password**. \\ | + | Keep in mind that neither banks nor **our computer staff members will never ask by e-mail for your password** !!! \\ |
+ | \\ | ||
+ | **The ONLY OFFICIAL PAGE to CHANGE your SISSA password is: https://password.sissa.it/**\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <note tip> | ||
+ | A single SISSA account used by an intruder to send SPAM by using our mail services, causes an automatic insertion of our services in global anti-spam black lists, so legitimate SISSA e-mails could be rejected. | ||
</note> | </note> | ||
- | **THE ONLY OFFICIAL PAGE TO CHANGE your SISSA password are: **\\ | + | ---- |
- | **https://people.sissa.it/password.php** or **http://password.sissa.it/**\\ | + | |
- | ===== Have you already sent your password ??===== | + | ==== Have you already sent your password ??==== |
- | * **change it immediately**, about your SISSA main cluster password, please use ONLY the instructions on the page: [[:services:accounts:change_password|Change password]]; | + | * **change it immediately!** TO change your SISSA password, please use ONLY the instructions on the page: [[:services:accounts:change_password|Change password]]; |
* then send an e-mail to: [[helpdesk@sissa.it]] giving us any information about it (so we can check if someone has used your account illegally). | * then send an e-mail to: [[helpdesk@sissa.it]] giving us any information about it (so we can check if someone has used your account illegally). | ||
- | + | === Golden rules about passwords == | |
- | ===== Golden rules about passwords ===== | + | |
* Your password has to contain a mix of letters, numbers and special characters such as !@#$%^&*,; | * Your password has to contain a mix of letters, numbers and special characters such as !@#$%^&*,; | ||
* **NEVER GIVE your password to anybody;** | * **NEVER GIVE your password to anybody;** | ||
* **NEVER LEAVE your session open** without locking it; | * **NEVER LEAVE your session open** without locking it; | ||
- | * **you have to change your password at least every 6 months** (we will send you e-mails to remember this in the future) and immediately after the opening of your account (for more infos please read the [[:sis:regulations:leggepassword|section of the law]] about it...sorry it is in italian only...) | + | * **you have to change your password at least every 6 months** (we will send you e-mails to remember this in the future) and immediately after the opening of your account (for more infos please read the [[itcs:regulations:leggepassword|section of the law]] about it...sorry it is in italian only...) |
* **your password MUST BE SECRET. KEEP IT SAFE!!! | * **your password MUST BE SECRET. KEEP IT SAFE!!! | ||
** | ** | ||
- | ===== Important note ===== | + | <note important> |
- | <note c> | + | Each user is personally responsible for respecting Italian, European and international laws about any illegal action done using his/her account. Any violation of these laws may lead to civil and penal sanctions by the competent authorities. |
- | Each user is personally responsible for respecting Italian, European and international laws about any illegal action done using his/her account. Any violation of these laws may lead to civil and penal sanctions by the competent authorities.\\ | + | |
- | ---- | + | |
- | A single SISSA account used by an intruder to send SPAM by using our mail services, causes an automatic insertion of our services in global anti-spam black lists, so legitimate SISSA e-mails could be rejected. | + | |
</note> | </note> | ||
\\ | \\ | ||