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RE: Terms of Service; Didn't Read
- To: , Christopher J" <http://www.optum.com/~Chris>, "http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
- Subject: RE: Terms of Service; Didn't Read
- From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:35:16 -0700
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> From: , Christopher J" <http://www.optum.com/~Chris>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:43:42 +0000
>
> Is it a good or bad idea to have an encrypted file on your computer with your
> passwords?
That's what Keepass does.
> I suppose you can use PGP to encrypt it?
I do this. (I actually used GnuPG and openssl.) The major downside is
that if someone gets the file and also has your master password, you're
screwed. According to
http://lifehacker.com/391555/best-free-ways-to-protect-your-private-files
it looks like you can keep passwords in separate files. That would
probably be the most secure way since, if a virus on your computer picks
up the Keepass database file, that would be insufficient alone to break
into your passwords.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert [http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert]
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 10:39 AM
> To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg
> Cc: Flora ; Chris; Chris;, Christopher J;,
> Christopher J; Alexander ; Alexander ; Alexander ; Tim
> ; Bhavani; Bhavani; Bhavani; Marnie; Nicholas ;
> Richard; Richard; Richard; Flora E ; Flora E
> Subject: Re: Terms of Service; Didn't Read
>
> > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015
> > 06:49:15 -0700 (PDT) > > advice on passwords:
> >
> > http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/video_edward_snowden_teaches_john_oliver_create_strong_password_20150617
>
> Good ideas. I use cracklib-check to try to find my passwords each time I come
> up with a new one to make sure it's strong enough.
>
> Also, as Noelle knows, Keepass can generate uncrackable (yet unmemorable)
> passwords for you.
>
> My personal philosophy on this is to have 2 parts to a password: a memorable
> part and then an unmemorable part. Write down the unmemorable part and keep
> the memorable part in your head. It's unlikely that a hacker would have both
> pieces. ('Tho, of course, this doesn't completely prevent the rubber hose
> problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis .)