tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post1590226813925328114..comments2023-08-26T05:04:33.009-04:00Comments on anti-virus rants: choosing a good passwordkurt wismerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810635947269551517noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-17894179914668328222010-04-28T21:56:58.546-04:002010-04-28T21:56:58.546-04:00This isn't a bad idea at all! It's commonl...This isn't a bad idea at all! It's commonly known that employees should not be left to manage their passwords on their own (that's why we have password policy in the first place). The good thing about using a password safe is that you can choose very complex passwords.<br /><br />That's not only beneficial against brute force or dictionary attacks, but against social engineering attempts to acquire the password itself. My thinking is that if a person asks for the password to say, some credit card database, the employee on the other end of the line is motivated not to divulge the information simply because it would be a pain in the ass to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347279.post-55122368259847888702009-04-06T08:24:00.000-04:002009-04-06T08:24:00.000-04:00Thank you! This is what I've been doing for a few ...Thank you! This is what I've been doing for a few years now, and it works great. I stick PasswordSafe and its database on a USB stick, and away I go. I'm up to 50 or so login credentials at work. Tack on my personal logins (gmail, etc) and I must be close to 100. This is just insane.<BR/><BR/>I wish two factor auth was more widespread.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210529050986904600noreply@blogger.com