| Re: Most secure way to reset a password via email link [message #185175 is a reply to message #185170] |
Thu, 06 March 2014 04:13   |
Chuck Anderson
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Geoff Muldoon wrote:
> tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid says...
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>> On 05/03/14 23:51, Richard Yates wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:26:21 -0700, Chuck Anderson
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>>>> 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/
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I use Firefox and it does the same thing.
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