Re: Re[2]: Suggested "safe" password length

["Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>]

> From: Vishal <dhrakol () myrealbox com>
> Everyone gets complacent, lazy or forgetful once in a while, no matter the
> consequences. Or I might simply have my mind on something else.
>
> >> Another good option is to maintain a PGP encrypted text file of 
> passwords.
> >> That way the user only needs to remember one PGP passphrase.
>
> ARM> Why is this any different than "constantly having to rifle through 
> [your
> ARM> wallet] for a password list"?
>
> Because you can memorize that one passphrase. There isn't the chance of
> leaving it lying around like a wallet.

Of course, if your users are like mine, they then promptly forget their 
password file passphrase and call you about it all the time.  Still that 
seems to work better than the other things we've tried.  We use PasswordSafe

http://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe/

Chris Berry
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JM Associates

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