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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 15:23:36 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger writes:
> 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.
> >
> > (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)
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> 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 :)
To you as well, if you forget your key, eh?
I'm not sure it's clear how forgetful I actually am yet. :-)
++Lar (who doesn't have a pgp keyset despite being a libertarian)
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