[clug-talk] automating password changes

[simon]

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 03:11:53PM -0600, Brad Camroux wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 02:55:39PM -0600, Neil Bower wrote:
> > Create about 3 or 4 different passwords. Then use password "a" for website 
> > logins where confidential info isn't a concern. Use password "b" for your 
> > personal login, use password "c" for root logins, etc.  This way you only 
> > need to remember about 3 or 4 passwords and it becomes pretty obvious where 
> > you would use each.
> 
> That's about what I was thinking of.  Indeed, that's pretty much what I do.
> Plus, I have them logged in a secret location as a hard copy, just in case I ever
> forget.
> 

I had already mentioned this to Mitchell off list, episode 139 had an
'interview' (rambling chat) with Security Monkey which was quite
interesting.

See:
www.tllts.org.

The question of multitudes of password, he suggested inventing a scheme
to generation/remembering them.

Passwords are generally a pain.... enforced changing of them is the
'devils work' ;-)

Simon.