[ale] passwords

Michael H. Warfield mhw at WittsEnd.com
Mon Feb 14 09:35:50 EST 2011


On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 09:22 -0500, Geoffrey Myers wrote: 
> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 11:47 -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> >> Even federated ID systems, such as SecureID have come under attack as
> >> well as some 2-factor authentication such as SecureID, cell phone text
> >> system, and even smart cards.  A one time password system such as
> >> S/KEY or OPIE would be nice, but I don't see any becoming popular
> >> anytime soon.  Short of that, a well protected password safe that
> >> convenient to use with a good password generator is about the best you
> >> can hope for. 
> > 
> > That's pretty much what I do.  I keep an encrypted database on my phone
> > which I use.

> Anyone recommend a good iPhone password keeper?

Given the recent revelations about iPhone and passwords, I would be
tempted to call that an oxymoron.

Mike
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