All,
Keep in mind that we are talking about the average user here. The best place
I have seen is ... all over their cubical/desk. Take a look at calendars,
magazines they look at, screensavers etc.. Most users want to make it easy
for them to remember and try to hide it(somewhat) thats why I search for the
not so obvious clues.
Toby
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Spransy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 5:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Passwords On Paper
If you let users choose their own passwords you will get things like:
Fluffly
Password
*UsersName*
We usually assign passwords like jmf94817, and we actually don't have to
many problems with users posting their passwords. We try to train them into
understanding the implications of someone getting their password. It seems
to work pretty well.
<<< Zeshan Ghory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/14 6:06p >>>
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 02:29:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Is anyone familiar with a government or private study that surveyed the
top 10 places to store
> passwords that were written down on paper; e.g. under the keyboard, etc?
I would imagine that it would be very difficult to obtain enough
information to carry out such a survey effectively.
Personally, I have certainly seen passwords (with corresponding
user names) written on post-it notes stuck to monitors, on
whiteboards, and sometimes just scribbled down on random bits of paper
lying on a desk.
This is much more likely to occur if people are *given* passwords
instead of choosing their own.
Zeshan
