Password Manager

[Char Jackson]

No, no - you're thinking of entropy!

No, I'm thinking of (and described) one way algorithms. *You* might
have been thinking of entropy, I suppose.

 

[Stan Brown]

Why don't you use the Briefcase to keep it in sync?

(upside-down posting corrected)

Because with a batch file, which I wrote, I have complete control. In
general I don't like installing a program just to do a job that I can
easily do on my own.

 

[Lewis]

I've been reading this thread with great interest with regards as to
what software people have been suggesting. Myself I use a Upek Eikon
USB fingerprint scanner along with the included Protector Suite 2009
software. The software will not only remember your passwords for you,
it can also generate passwords with any user defined level of
complexity. There are also a couple of browser plug ins for IE and
Firefox that allow you to log on to websites simply by swiping your
finger on the scanner.

Erm, last I checked the fingerprint scanners were so trivial to trick
that even the spy shows on TV portray a much more difficult process than
reality.

 

[Bob Henson]

Uh. What? No one but me can decrypt because no one but me knows the
password.

I was assuming the encryption was done by them on their site - in which
case they can decrypt too. If you only store your *already encrypted*
data on their site, then why bother exposing the data to someone else to
hack at their leisure - kept at home on your Macs, an encrypted USB
stick, or whatever, it's much safer. I just don't like/trust clouds -
they rain on you

Regards,

Bob

 

[Miles]

* JCO wrote, On 17-Oct-10 10:05:

Using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits

I use to use Norton's Password Manager when running Windows XP but it is not
compatible for Windows 7. I was wondering if anybody know what I can use.
My preference is to find a FREE one that I can download. If that does not
work, I'm not against purchasing one. I would like a password manager that
automatically fills in the Form (with name address, and options to what
credit card to use)

Thanks

Roboform which costs a couple of bucks a year is well worthwhile and
also fills forms. Of course, I do not keep financial site passwords
on my computer or in Roboform.
Miles

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

No, I'm thinking of (and described) one way algorithms. *You* might
have been thinking of entropy, I suppose.

Uh-uh. I was thinking of sausage.

Actually, the same and other similar analogies are often used to
describe what entropy means.

In summary: you were thinking of one-way algorithms and I was thinking
of entropy. I actually was joking in my first reply...Although the use
of entropy as a measure of randomness and hence the other things I
talked about is correct, even though I don't understand it well enough.

 

[Lewis]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:47:28 +0000 (UTC), Lewis

I was assuming the encryption was done by them on their site - in which
case they can decrypt too. If you only store your *already encrypted*
data on their site, then why bother exposing the data to someone else to
hack at their leisure - kept at home on your Macs, an encrypted USB
stick, or whatever, it's much safer. I just don't like/trust clouds -
they rain on you

No, it's not much safer because I don't have an offsite backup.

Despite every cop show and every cop movie, decrypting is essentially
impossible. It would take someone centuries to do it if they had a
thousand machines to throw at it.

If you like I will send you a copy of my encrypted passwords and you can
get back to me when you've managed to crack it, ok?

 

[Bob Henson]

No, it's not much safer because I don't have an offsite backup.

Despite every cop show and every cop movie, decrypting is essentially
impossible. It would take someone centuries to do it if they had a
thousand machines to throw at it.

If you like I will send you a copy of my encrypted passwords and you can
get back to me when you've managed to crack it, ok?

I fully realise that well encrypted data can't be cracked - I said so
earlier in the thread. It's just that, as a matter of principle, I don't
let anything get out of my own control if I can help it.

If you need your offsite backup (I hope you never do!) and you can't get
it because their server's down, or a cackhanded employee has
lost/destroyed the data .... what then? If I wanted an offsite backup,
I'd put it somewhere that I could get to without anyone else's involvement.

Regards,

Bob

 

[Stan Brown]

Despite every cop show and every cop movie, decrypting is essentially
impossible. It would take someone centuries to do it if they had a
thousand machines to throw at it.

I don't think it's that simple. Subscribe to comp.risks, a moderated
group with very low traffic, or view the archives at
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/

 

[Stan Brown]

[quoted text muted]

No, no - you're thinking of entropy!

No, I'm thinking of (and described) one way algorithms. *You* might
have been thinking of entropy, I suppose.

Uh-uh. I was thinking of sausage.

May I just say here that one of the truly great British inventions is
the breakfast that features bacon and sausage on the same plate.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

[quoted text muted]
No, no - you're thinking of entropy!

No, I'm thinking of (and described) one way algorithms. *You* might
have been thinking of entropy, I suppose.

Uh-uh. I was thinking of sausage.

May I just say here that one of the truly great British inventions is
the breakfast that features bacon and sausage on the same plate.

Finally! Something on Usenet that I can't argue with