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Article #471Re: Keeping track of a lot of passwords
From: Hari Seldon
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:16
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:16
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In <5006@transfer.stratus.com> cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) writes: >In article <62453@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes: >>My current scheme is to have a file that lists the various passwords >>I am using. This file will be encrypted with a password that is *NEVER* >>*EVER* used for anything else, and *NEVER* *EVER* written down anywhere. >>Perhaps this file will even be kept off-line. How does this seem? >This sounds like an opportunity for some calculator company (probably >Japanese). >I can see having a password file in the continuous memory of a hand-held >computer which I carry with me at all times. oh! i thought this was already done. i do. and i wrote a small rng to get new ones with. and the code for it all is in a wierd jumping off point in the hh. so you need to know where to jump to to start the thing. it's not perfect but it helps. i'd considered putting it in my sons pc jr but some day ..... bill pociengel -- bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!umn.edu!chaos.cs.umn.edu!bill From: bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu (Hari Seldon) Subject: Re: Keeping track of a lot of passwords Message-ID: <bill.711857811@chaos.cs.umn.edu> Sender: news@news2.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: chaos.cs.umn.edu Organization: University of Minnesota References: <1992Jul9.035150.3220@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <1992Jul9.180755.16913@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <62453@cup.portal.com> <5006@transfer.stratus.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:16:51 GMT Lines: 23