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Article #453Re: Keeping track of a lot of passwords
From: Carl Ellison
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:52
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:52
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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.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!transfer!ellisun.sw.stratus.com!cme From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.security.misc Subject: Re: Keeping track of a lot of passwords Message-ID: <5006@transfer.stratus.com> Date: 21 Jul 92 18:52:33 GMT References: <1992Jul9.035150.3220@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <1992Jul9.180755.16913@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <62453@cup.portal.com> Sender: usenet@transfer.stratus.com Followup-To: sci.crypt Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering Lines: 12