| Re: Most secure way to reset a password via email link [message #185336 is a reply to message #185171] |
Wed, 19 March 2014 16:08   |
Arno Welzel
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Am 06.03.2014 01:58, schrieb The Natural Philosopher:
> On 06/03/14 00:30, Geoff Muldoon wrote:
>> tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid says...
>>>
>>> On 05/03/14 23:51, Richard Yates wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:26:21 -0700, Chuck Anderson
>>>> > I think this kind of thing (and requirements on password strength)
>>>> > create a security problem of their own by forcing people to record this
>>>> > information somewhere and then keep it handy.
>>>>
>>>> Yes!!! The standard recommendations to users about passwords are
>>>> simply contradictory or impossible to follow. Based on my brief
>>>> experience dealing with others' passwords I believe that, with a few
>>>> exceptions, everybody either writes them down or uses the same one in
>>>> multiple places.
>>>>
>>>> Personally I confess that I do both.
>>>>
>>>> There's gotta be a better way.
>>>>
>>> have a file full of passwords and encrypt THAT with a secret key
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>> http://keepass.info/
>>
> Assuming you are daft enough to run windows..
Keepass is open source and also available for many other platforms:
<http://keepass.info/download.html>
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Arno Welzel
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