Richard Speed writes:
Every disaster recovery plan needs to contain the “hit by a bus” scenario. But have you ever retrieved a password from beyond the grave? One Register reader has. Welcome to On Call.
Today’s tale, told by a reader Regomized as “Mark” takes us back some 15 years when he was handling the IT needs for a doctor’s office. The job was relatively simple and involved keeping the systems up and running as well as taking the odd call when things went wrong and he wasn’t on-site.
His contact at the practice worked at the reception desk, and Mark would exchange pleasantries with this individual on his way to deal with whatever that day’s needs were. This went on for some time until there was a mysterious lull in contact. There was not a peep from the office until, after a few months, the on-call phone rang. It wasn’t his usual contact, and Mark was asked if there any chance he could pop by.
Readers can probably guess what came next, but Mark was oblivious.
Read more at The Register.