On 1/19/07, John Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> 2. Don't write down passwords at all - use phrases that you remember
> instead
> 3. Don't write down passwords where other people might walk by and
> see what you're typing
Let's not start a religious war, but FWIW many authorities have changed
their mind and no longer advocate the "don't write down a password" advice.
In particular, any network admin simply has to record passwords and other
sensitive information - you can't reliably remember more than two or three
passwords, particularly when you're not using them often.
I don't understand what you're trying to say in the first part of your
sentence. For the second part, see below.
There are many "password safe" utilities for this, but I like a simple text
file with the secrets encrypted, yet easily viewable (without changing the
file).
Which defeats the whole point of having multiple passwords, as if
someone figures out the master password then the other passwords will
also be available. So it's better to use one good password/passphrase
and stick with it.
nikolai
