Comments on: Too Many Usernames & Passwords http://murarka.com/?p=5 Relentless Persistence Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:23:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steve http://murarka.com/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-44 Steve Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:54:39 +0000 http://murarka.com/2007/09/18/usernames-passwords/#comment-44 We actually talked about this in person, but I'm just getting around to actually reading your blog e2e (on a Saturday night, I know, I'm lame...decided to take the day off today and catch up on personal reading :) ). SplashId (http://www.splashdata.com/splashid/) is my soln...admittedly it only works for a single PC by design (Foldershare - http://www.foldershare.com - can solve this in a hacky way :) ), but it syncs to my smartphone (WM, Palm, Nokia, & RIM all supported)...and it does two extra things. 1) saves me from the annoyances of different rules (eg. some sites require punctuation, some don't...some require long passwords, some limit you to 8 chars....*ahem* Fidelity *ahem). 2) also stores a bunch of other "interesting" data for me that I don't really want to leave lying around unencrypted, like SSNs for my family, Drivers License #s, etc. That said, the fact that it only syncs over a cable to a single PC sucks...so there's room to grow. :) We actually talked about this in person, but I’m just getting around to actually reading your blog e2e (on a Saturday night, I know, I’m lame…decided to take the day off today and catch up on personal reading :) ).

SplashId (http://www.splashdata.com/splashid/) is my soln…admittedly it only works for a single PC by design (Foldershare - http://www.foldershare.com - can solve this in a hacky way :) ), but it syncs to my smartphone (WM, Palm, Nokia, & RIM all supported)…and it does two extra things.

1) saves me from the annoyances of different rules (eg. some sites require punctuation, some don’t…some require long passwords, some limit you to 8 chars….*ahem* Fidelity *ahem).

2) also stores a bunch of other “interesting” data for me that I don’t really want to leave lying around unencrypted, like SSNs for my family, Drivers License #s, etc.

That said, the fact that it only syncs over a cable to a single PC sucks…so there’s room to grow. :)

]]> By: Tara (PassPack) http://murarka.com/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-10 Tara (PassPack) Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:06:12 +0000 http://murarka.com/2007/09/18/usernames-passwords/#comment-10 Hi Bubba. While you're at it, also check out PassPack. http://www.passpack.com Like Clipperz, it's an Online Password Manager with full-out security features. I put together a comparison a while ago, I need to update it to add our new Offline Verision, but other than that, it fairly accurate: http://tinyurl.com/2nbqvn Cheers! Tara Hi Bubba.
While you’re at it, also check out PassPack.

http://www.passpack.com

Like Clipperz, it’s an Online Password Manager with full-out security features. I put together a comparison a while ago, I need to update it to add our new Offline Verision, but other than that, it fairly accurate:

http://tinyurl.com/2nbqvn

Cheers!
Tara

]]> By: Bubba http://murarka.com/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-8 Bubba Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:14:27 +0000 http://murarka.com/2007/09/18/usernames-passwords/#comment-8 Thanks for the pointer Rob...I'll have to play around with Clipperz. Ryan, thanks for swinging by...I've found rot(n) to be hard to compute mentally, but that may just be me. :) Thanks for the pointer Rob…I’ll have to play around with Clipperz.

Ryan, thanks for swinging by…I’ve found rot(n) to be hard to compute mentally, but that may just be me. :)

]]> By: ryan burkhardt http://murarka.com/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-6 ryan burkhardt Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:32:26 +0000 http://murarka.com/2007/09/18/usernames-passwords/#comment-6 I can't find a similar post that I read on this about two years ago that got me hooked on this system. the key part, regardless of your method, was to make it non-obvious to someone who got access to a cleartxt password list on one site to reuse your algorithm somewhere else. e.g. MyStdpwD123M for murarka.com and MyStdpwD123Y for yahoo.com. one idea was to rot(n) the differentiator char by the numbers of letters of the domain name. this does really make it easier to have more complex passwords and not forget them.. I can’t find a similar post that I read on this about two years ago that got me hooked on this system. the key part, regardless of your method, was to make it non-obvious to someone who got access to a cleartxt password list on one site to reuse your algorithm somewhere else. e.g. MyStdpwD123M for murarka.com and MyStdpwD123Y for yahoo.com. one idea was to rot(n) the differentiator char by the numbers of letters of the domain name.

this does really make it easier to have more complex passwords and not forget them..

]]> By: Rob La Gesse http://murarka.com/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-3 Rob La Gesse Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:09:27 +0000 http://murarka.com/2007/09/18/usernames-passwords/#comment-3 I use a similar scheme to remember passwords - but I store them all at http://clipperz.com. It's a great tool that allows completely secure online access to your passwords - they even let you look at the source code! Rob I use a similar scheme to remember passwords - but I store them all at http://clipperz.com. It’s a great tool that allows completely secure online access to your passwords - they even let you look at the source code!

Rob

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