[153574] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dear Linkedin,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Adams)
Fri Jun 8 16:03:58 2012
In-Reply-To: <4FD25716.3000801@mtcc.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 13:03:03 -0700
From: John Adams <jna@retina.net>
To: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
> So the implication is that I have 100's of passwords all unique and that I
> must
> change every one of them to be something new and unique every few months.
> And remember each of them. And not write them down.
>
> I'm sorry, my brain doesn't hold that many passwords. Unless you're a
> savant, neither does
> yours. So what you're telling me and the rest of the world is impossible.
>
No actually, it's not impossible.
I use 1password, you might use LastPass. They both work on Android, iPhone,
Linux, Mac, Windows.
I have over 900 passwords in that system, and I don't know any of them.
They're all 8-14 characters. All random. I know my master password, and no
one on the Internet has a copy of that. On some systems, I have a Yubikey
with a 45 character master password.
Change your habits. Fix the password anti-pattern.
-j
