Thanks Lee! Obviously I had noticed my computer did remember certain things, but now I understand how it works. I appreciate the info!
-Troy >From: Lee Larson <leelarson at mac.com> >Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >Subject: Re: MacGroup: keychain >Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:50:05 -0500 > >On Jan 29, 2004, at 7:51 AM, Troy Mello was a little lost: > >>I enjoyed the recent discussion about password security, but I am a little >>lost about the "keychain." What is it exactly? Is this something I can >>access or modify? > >The keychain is a built-in utility for storing passwords and other secret >information. Every user has a keychain file. You can find yours in your >Library/Keychains folder. When you tell programs such as Web browsers and >mail to remember passwords, they're stored in your keychain file. > >All keychain files are strongly encrypted, meaning you need a password to >open them. The password for your default keychain file is your login >password and it is opened for you when you log in. This password can be >changed to anything you want. > >To change the password, or edit a keychain file, Apple provides a utility >called Keychain Access that lives in Applications/Utilities. > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be February 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. _________________________________________________________________ Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software ? optimizes dial-up to the max! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1 | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
