RE: File Encryption - Part II

["Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>]

> From: Kamal Habayeb [mailto:mountainfury () fastmail fm]
> Milli Bit wrote:
> | In my quest for passwords that are easy to remember, I wrote a small
> | web-app "Pseudo-Random Semi-Pronounceable Password". Rather than
> | duplicate the explanation here in email...
>
> Very interesting.  Again like you said it would not be suitable for a
> corporate environment, but it would be very good for a home user, 
> especially
> if one were to add some numbers in there.  I personally use Aladdin Systems
> Web sign-on token.  It is a usb token that fits on your key ring and allows
> you to save web page passwords to it.  You need to enter a master password
> to access the token, but it allows you to have a different random password
> for every site.
>
> From: Meidinger Chris <chris.meidinger () badenit de>
> Do you really think those are not good enough for corporate use?
> Seem to be fine to me, i can manually throw in a number, or a changed case
> before i give a pass to a user.

This is a nice tool, but honestly you're reinventing the wheel, these are 
called MTR-3006 passwords and I've already been using a program that does 
this (and can add numbers) called XYZZY.  Sorry, didn't mean to rain on your 
parade.  I wouldn't use these as OS login passwords (unless you rotate with 
ridiculous frequency like monthly) but they're great for website passwords 
and things with a low security rating like instant messaging.

Chris Berry
compjma () hotmail com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

"You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are 
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