Re: 1 in 3 workers write down passwords

[coderman <coderman () gmail com>]

On 10/18/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> It's trivial these days to use something like RoboForm, which
> stores your passwords in an encrypted form (and on a USB key, too),
> as well as give you the option of generating "strong" passwords on
> the fly, etc.

there is a plugin for firefox to do this as well (that is, generate
and insert good passwords automagically).  i use a simple command line
util to munge /dev/random for most other passwords.

is there a good list of password management tools available for
win/*nix anywhere?  this would be useful.


> Also, IBM-Lenovo ships a utility called "ThinkVantage Password
> Manager" with their Thinpad laptops which basically does the same
> thing.

thanks, this sounds interesting and worth looking into.
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