Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 11 n
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Tue Sep 19 2017 00:29:02

 -=> On 09-18-17  15:18,  Jimmy Anderson <=-
 -=> spoke to Janis Kracht about FidoGazette Vol 11 no 32 <=-

 JA> That being said, picking a phrase that is easy for you to remember and
 JA> then using just the first letters makes for something easy to type, but
 JA> hard to guess. For example, your phrase might be "Katie cuts my hair.
 JA> You should let her cut yours too." Your pw would then be kcmhyslhcyt  
 JA> If you need a number, use a 2 instead of a t at the end. If you need
 JA> upper case  then use K since it's
 JA> a name - or K and Y since that's capitalized in the phrase. 

 JA> So it might be - KcmyYslhcy2

 JA> Practically IMPOSSIBLE to crack!

That is a pretty good idea.  Only problem is that you need a separate
password phrase for each site you log onto.

 JA> One more thing the article suggested was to use a password manager. I
 JA> personally have NOT tried one out and not sure I like the idea of my
 JA> passwords being stored somewhere that could be potentially hacked, thus
 JA> giving someone access to ALL my passwords...

I have used a password safe for many years.  It was written by Bruce
Schnieder, an well known security expert.  There are also many other
decent ones out there.   The critical thing about them is that they
encrypt the data base of passwords and can only be opened by using a
special password that you create (such as the type you mention above).
The danger of someone getting to that data base is less than my not
being able to recall the hundreds of different passwords I have used on
different sites.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


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