I thought I'd hijack this thread and ask how others manage the myriad passwords they have.
I did something crazy when I got to 10+ passwords, I started writing them down. I have two lists, one is a list of sites, the other is a list of passwords. The list of sites is stored in my network share, the passwords are actually stored in a handwritten note in my wallet. Neither us useful without the other, and in the event I'm mugged for my wallet, I have a relatively convenient listing of all the myriad passwords I need to set about changing. And to answer a question, no, my work account password isnt' stored anywhere except in my head. I've also found I'm much less likely to recycle a password accidentally using this method. I have no idea where I came up with this, I doubt I'm creative enough to think of this on my own. -Jonathan On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Jeremy Anderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Passowrd Policy is that password expires after 90 days, 10 passwords > > remembered, Min Password age 0. On the 89th day the user changes their > > password 11 times back to the expiring password. Changein the Min > password > > age to 1 would prevent that from happening. > > That's it exactly. > > For some of our government interest systems, it's min age 7 days, 24 > passwords remembered. That's about half a year's worth of weekly > password cycling to reuse the same password. Also max age 90 days, 12 > character minimum, complexity checking enabled. There are several > such systems, and you're not supposed to use the same passwords across > multiple systems. Oy, passwords coming out my ears. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
