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Re: Need to retrieve my password... Help!
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:51:12 GMT
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dan@^AvoidSpam^peeron.com
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
> > Or just do what i do which is keep them written down in a text file in an
> > easy to find place on your PC so you can find them when you need them. But
> > having only one system generated password is a bad idea.
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> (this assumes that you are comfortable with a level of security that means
> that if your PC were stolen or broken into, that some random can be logged
> on to LUGNET as you, which currently allows them to see your set DB, rate
> sets, change your user info, change passwords, and some other things, with
> more coming down the pike)
heh, that's why you take that one text file, and pgp (or gpg) encrypt
it - that way, unless a keyboard sniffer is installed on your box,
the file is useless :)
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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