Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 11 n
To   : DALE SHIPP
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Tue Sep 26 2017 09:16:00

-=> Dale Shipp wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 -=> 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!

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

True, and that was just an example. The original idea came from Janis'
post though - I can't take credit. :-)

 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...

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

Also a good point! I may start one, but not ready for that step yet... :-)
I have a basic pw I use for some things - but banking and email and such like
that have special pw's already.



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