What do you use to keep all the passwords?

lang2 · 2008-08-14 22:50:04

If you do use one?

moljac024 · 2008-08-14 23:06:40

My mind

Procyon · 2008-08-14 23:14:44

Paper.

kumyco · 2008-08-15 00:05:07

my brain, but i cheat
i don't actually know the passwords
i only know several techniques to find them
and a few older ones are embeded in words and phrases

Acecero · 2008-08-15 00:29:32

Write it on a paper, store it in a safe place, and you will never need it again.

sand_man · 2008-08-15 01:14:33

Or be lazy like me and use the same password for everything

kensai · 2008-08-15 01:36:15

Forgot your password?

That is the best thing since the Wii.

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Procyon · 2008-08-15 01:54:25

Since I started using Firefox's remember password feature there were some I forgot and didn't write down. I am worried when Firefox will forget them one day.

Acecero · 2008-08-15 01:58:22

Procyon wrote:

Since I started using Firefox's remember password feature there were some I forgot and didn't write down. I am worried when Firefox will forget them one day.

Make sure you never click Clear Private Data then.

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Berticus · 2008-08-15 02:18:32

a soft link in my head to my local finger muscles

Honestly, if you asked me what my passwords were, I could try to think hard about what they are, but I wouldn't have a clue what they are. Typically when I type, I say the words I'm typing in my head (I actually monolog in my head like JD in Scrubs), so this is one of the only exceptions. When I have to enter a password in a field, my mind thinks "password gmail" and my fingers will type in the password associated with my gmail account, which is different for my password for everything else, such as ebay, and in my mind I thinks, "password ebay," again my fingers will just go along without me really thinking.

Another odd thing is I can't sit down and just type my password into a text file or anything.

The only thing that comes close to my mind actually knowing passwords is if a password fails, I have a set of policies to brute force through all of the passwords my fingers "know." So for example, I once forgot the password to my youtube account, so what I did was my mind did something along the lines of, "security policy level 3," my fingers try the passwords in that policy. If it fails again, I either increment the policy level if it's probably a more secure password or increment the level if it's a less secure password.

bluetooth_decay · 2008-08-15 02:24:29

Keepass:

http://keepass.info/

I'm getting too old to remember all that crap. I have my "master passphrase" written down and in my safe deposit box in the event I get a bad sector in my brain.

I like Keepass because it also runs on Winders and my cell phone too.

Last edited by bluetooth_decay (2008-08-15 02:25:23)

prasetyams · 2008-08-15 02:38:03

Password Maker.

thayer · 2008-08-15 05:41:55

Several plain text documents stored within a truecrypt filesystem--though admittedly truecrypt has been borked (and continues to be) ever since the upgrade to 5.x.

sand_man · 2008-08-15 06:45:47

Actually I have a few different passwords that I use depending on how important the data is.
Like my online banking is not the same password as my gmail account

chimeric · 2008-08-15 08:39:04

Berticus wrote:

When I have to enter a password in a field, my mind thinks "password gmail" and my fingers will type in the password associated with my gmail account, which is different for my password for everything else, such as ebay, and in my mind I thinks, "password ebay," again my fingers will just go along without me really thinking.
Another odd thing is I can't sit down and just type my password into a text file or anything.

It's the same in my case, I rather know the order of the keystrokes instead of the password itself (I also remember the pin to my phone or my bank card and phone numbers this way). However, it makes me think if this is actually a sign about a password being worn out and if it's about time to change it ?

Back on topic: I've heard that revelation [1] has good desktop integration.

[1] http://oss.codepoet.no/revelation

EDIT: typos ... *sigh*

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heinz · 2008-08-15 09:01:13

I use a gnupg encrypted text file on a dm-crypt encrypted system for those infrequently used logins and passwords which I can't remember in the long run. I also keep a sharp combat knife handy for dealing with intruders that try to gain physical access to my machines .

"The issue is not whether you are paranoid, the issue is whether you are paranoid enough."

moljac024 · 2008-08-15 09:20:12

Berticus wrote:

a soft link in my head to my local finger muscles
Honestly, if you asked me what my passwords were, I could try to think hard about what they are, but I wouldn't have a clue what they are. Typically when I type, I say the words I'm typing in my head (I actually monolog in my head like JD in Scrubs), so this is one of the only exceptions. When I have to enter a password in a field, my mind thinks "password gmail" and my fingers will type in the password associated with my gmail account, which is different for my password for everything else, such as ebay, and in my mind I thinks, "password ebay," again my fingers will just go along without me really thinking.
Another odd thing is I can't sit down and just type my password into a text file or anything.
The only thing that comes close to my mind actually knowing passwords is if a password fails, I have a set of policies to brute force through all of the passwords my fingers "know." So for example, I once forgot the password to my youtube account, so what I did was my mind did something along the lines of, "security policy level 3," my fingers try the passwords in that policy. If it fails again, I either increment the policy level if it's probably a more secure password or increment the level if it's a less secure password.

That's just awesome man!

yama · 2008-08-15 09:41:55

Firefox is my unpayed slave, and i have made a deal with a doc stored in a safe place if Firefox decide to quit.

Berticus wrote:

a soft link in my head to my local finger muscles
Honestly, if you asked me what my passwords were, I could try to think hard about what they are, but I wouldn't have a clue what they are. Typically when I type, I say the words I'm typing in my head (I actually monolog in my head like JD in Scrubs), so this is one of the only exceptions. When I have to enter a password in a field, my mind thinks "password gmail" and my fingers will type in the password associated with my gmail account, which is different for my password for everything else, such as ebay, and in my mind I thinks, "password ebay," again my fingers will just go along without me really thinking.
Another odd thing is I can't sit down and just type my password into a text file or anything.
The only thing that comes close to my mind actually knowing passwords is if a password fails, I have a set of policies to brute force through all of the passwords my fingers "know." So for example, I once forgot the password to my youtube account, so what I did was my mind did something along the lines of, "security policy level 3," my fingers try the passwords in that policy. If it fails again, I either increment the policy level if it's probably a more secure password or increment the level if it's a less secure password.

wicked mad 1337 skillz man

vacant · 2008-08-15 11:01:57

Mainly I use gpg to pop up a tab in firefox like so:

gpg -d ~/Documents/passwords.html.gpg > passwords.html
firefox file:///home/paul/passwords.html
rm -d passwords.html

If Firefox is running, the .html is deleted immediately.

I've just starting using kwallet (works with kmail) where I'll keep an entry with all my web passwords on. If that's convenient I'll drop gpg/firefox.

Last edited by vacant (2008-08-15 11:02:15)

catwell · 2008-08-15 11:56:31

My brain for those I use often, a textfile + mcrypt for the others.
By the way, I hope more websites will become OpenID consumers so that I can have fewer passwords, because I never use the same for two different things.

Last edited by catwell (2008-08-15 11:58:04)

dyscoria · 2008-08-15 15:04:24

pwsafe: a CLI password manager.

dunc · 2008-08-15 22:09:55

GPass isn't fancy, but it does the job for me.

'Course, if anyone works out my impenetrable master password, I'm hosed.

iphitus · 2008-08-16 00:46:36

some random generated passwords in birdsoft extreme agenda (pocket pc), and most others in grey matter.

xd-0 · 2008-08-16 07:46:02

Since most of my passwords are remembered either in epiphany, firefox or pidgin, there's no way I can protect against physical access (have no encryption). So I keep my passwords as stickers.
The only password-sticker hidden away is my ftp passwords.

delor · 2008-08-16 08:46:51

http://cactuswax.net/articles/vim-with- … ncryption/

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