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Re: [Clips] Escaping Password Purgatory
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Frantz)
Thu Aug 4 09:53:43 2005
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Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 20:31:01 -0700
From: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
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On 8/3/05, rah@shipwright.com (R.A. Hettinga) quoted:
>
> <http://www.forbes.com/2005/08/03/usps-password-casestudy-cx_de_0803passw=
ord_print.html>
>
> Forbes
>
>
> Computer Hardware Software
> Escaping Password Purgatory
> David M. Ewalt, 08.03.05, 3:00 PM ET
>
> ... "I think I have passwords for
> over 47 different applications both internal and external that I access,
> and I've acquired those IDs and passwords over several years," says Wayne
> Grimes, manager of customer care operations for the U.S. Postal Service.
Try Site Password, <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Alan_Karp/site_password/=
>. It takes a "good" master password, and a site name, and hashes them tog=
ether to produce a site-specific password.
Cheers - Bill
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