Lee, while I am not concerned about the privacy issue, I would like to know how the keychain is encrypted if I have no log-in password, nor put an extra password on the chain. ( one person = administrator etc, etc. - me ) And : all my preferences in Safari and Explorer also have all those usernames and passwords right in them. Were I to lock the keychain, would I also have to give this password everytime I logged on to a Safari website? It would drive me nuttier than I already am. Now to put in those notes for card and account numbers and that stuff I find attractive and already made use of it since you mentioned it. But then they are not safer than when I give them out and that I do everytime I buy something, and don't mention private bank accts or health records! On my keychain , though, I can find things easily and that counts. Marta On Wednesday, Jan 28, 2004, at 13:07 America/New_York, Lee Larson wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2004, at 7:44 AM, Suzanne asked: > >> I want to stop the auto-fill of passwords to increase security. If >> they're not on the keychain, where are they? >> >> Will this actually increase security, or am I mistaken? > > By default, the Keychain database is strongly encrypted with your > login password as the passkey. For the extra-paranoid, an extra > (different) password can be added to the keychain file. With this > extra password, someone would have to go to extraordinary lengths to > read your passwords. > > The passwords for Apple's Mail.app and Safari are stored in the > keychain database. Other programs can also store passwords and > encryption keys there. For example, Mozilla, Internet Explorer and > Eudora use the Keychain. > > I use the Keychain to store other stuff because you can put notes into > it. My credit card numbers are there, as are all my passwords. Stored > there, they're a lot more secure than written on a sheet of paper, and > a lot easier to find. > > > > | 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>. > > Marta | 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>.
