Well in my case it's easy... how many people do you know named John Bambenek (my father doesn't count)? :)
I was just speaking about passwords in that case, presumably people can remember their email addresses. On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Petko D. Petkov < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what about usernames? you still need to keep track of your usernames > since sometimes your preferred username is either taken or not > possible or you need to login via email or any other peculiarity the > site supports. > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:43 PM, John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would disagree. One could simply create a template password and then > salt > > it with some acronym for the site in question. > > > > For instance, S0m3p4ss!### where ### is a 3-letter acronym for the site > they > > are accessing. Still need only one password to remember and you don't > > necessarily have a single point of 0wnership anymore. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Larry Seltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > >>I understand the attractiveness of not having to remember lots of > IDs > > > and passwords, but when you give up control of your data, you give up > > > control of your future. > > > > > > Normal people aren't going to remember enough passwords, let alone > > > strong passwords, to make that control meaningful. I do get your > point, > > > but I bet that the best alternative is to give them one set of > > > credentials and make it as strong as possible. > > > > > > > > > Larry Seltzer > > > eWEEK.com Security Center Editor > > > http://security.eweek.com/ > > > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ > > > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > > > > > -- > > Petko D. (pdp) Petkov | GNUCITIZEN | Hakiri | Spin Hunters > > gnucitizen.org | hakiri.org | spinhunters.org >
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