[ale] password management

Transam bob at verysecurelinux.com
Wed Jul 23 15:38:10 EDT 2003


On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 02:45:27PM -0400, J.M. Taylor wrote:
> >>
> > jenn - How often do you wash your wallet?  I think there might be more
> > than a password problem there.  :)

> Ha! It's only happened once in recent memory.  But it was the only place I
> had some important passwords written, thankfully in ballpoint and pencil
> (that watery ink bleeds terribly in the wash).

> Upon further reflection, I suppose if you are prone to washing important
> things, a keychain usb drive is NOT the best solution in the world. "Yes,
> it's solid state. Yes, it's very cool. But how does it do on spin cycle??"

Keep a copy of your keys in your safe deposit box or other offsite secure
storage, along with your backup tapes.


> > I think that's why Jonathan added the addendum post saying he uses
> > punctuation too.  I hope he didn't accidently give out his algorithm...
> > Considering he's works at XCorp, I doubt that was the case.

> I would never accuse Mr Rickman of such a thing. :)

> jenn
Bob
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