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Re: Password keepers
From: Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:55:39 -0400
I use Keepass also <http://keepass.info/> and store the database in my dropbox to solve the access from anywhere problem and for added security .... Dropbox upgrades security with two-factor authentication <http://www.csoonline.com/article/714835/dropbox-upgrades-security-with-two-factor-authentication?source=CSONLE_nlt_salted_hash_2012-08-27> My 2 cents Joel --On Monday, August 27, 2012 8:47 AM -0600 "SCHALIP, MICHAEL" <mschalip () CNM EDU> wrote:
We use Keepass.... From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Slocum, Stacy Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 8:29 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Password keepers Hello- Could anyone share a best practice with regard to the storage and safe keeping of the collection of all system passwords? Is using a keepass type application the best approach? What about redundancy in the event you can't get to the stored list or it is corrupt? Any advice and/or opinions would be very helpful. Thanks Stacy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner<http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Joel Rosenblatt, Director Network & Computer Security Columbia Information Security Office (CISO) Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033 http://www.columbia.edu/~joel Public PGP key http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90BD740BCC7326C3
Current thread:
- Password keepers Slocum, Stacy (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers SCHALIP, MICHAEL (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers Joel Rosenblatt (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers Shamblin, Quinn (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers David Curry (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers Daniel Bennett (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers Shawn Kohrman (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers Clifford Collins (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers Dave Koontz (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers Josh Drummond (Aug 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Password keepers Woodruff, Dan (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers Cappalli, Tim G @ LSC-OIT (Aug 27)
- Re: Password keepers SCHALIP, MICHAEL (Aug 27)