Password Safe, or Keepass - and I believe each has a version available for PDAs.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:33, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/> ~
