On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 05:53:50PM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote: > > I'm tired of hearing that writing down passwords is insecure. Do you > consider your car key insecure? Your house key? Your credit card? > They're all physical objects that are easy to steal, yet you (hopefully) > realize immediately that because we keep them physically close they're > sufficiently secure. Write down a password and it becomes the equivalent > of of a physical security token, just keep it safe.
I agree with you, but some (or most?) people who write down passwords end up leaving them stuck to their monitor. As you mentioned, it becomes like a physical security token, so it's important to be careful with it. Too many people aren't. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
