How to keep passwords safe


By Prax, on April 26th, 2010

 

password safety, security

 

Don’t just store your passwords:

-On a notepad and change the extension or hide notepad!

-On a Sticky note

-On the Outlook’s post it note, even if you have password protected the PST file. They are still readable.

-Email them to your Yahoo, Gmail or other email ids

-On your Mobile phone notes / SMS, unless encrypted and password protected

-Post it note and hide below your desk!

Store your Passwords safe and Secure: 

- Use a tool likeKeepassa Safe, Free and Open Source utility (There is a portable version as well that you can carry on your flash drives)

-USB thumb drives with built-in software that has strong encryption levels (eg Lumension etc).

 

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  • Gurubob

    another utility which i use would be ‘ password safe ‘.It is very useful you can download it from passwordsafe.sourceforge.net .

  • http://neorandomentropy.blogspot.com/ Souvit

    I do support you in this topic whole heartedly, but I guess there is a way to store passwords in readable format! Just use a plain ceaser chipher, that is easy for you to remember and then encrypt your passwords before jotting them down somewhere. And as far as banking passwords go, you must store them in your head, which I believe is the safest place until you are too drunk! :-P

  • prasanna

    Souvit,

    Hmm..infact I thought of it while writing, but it gives a false sense of security…
    Using a Caesar’s cipher or ROT13, etc is as good as ‘Security by Obscurity’. I mean the series of random characters is an indication that it is a replacement of alphabets and all it requires is the Key and it is only a matter of time before someone can easily decipher it….

  • david michel

    people are stupid

  • mode20100

    A+ would read again

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