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        <title><![CDATA[What I do:]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I write them down, but I write them down using a code that means nothing to anyone but me.For really important pws I break into three pieces and store each coded piece in a different location.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[canopic@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:55:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: passwords]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What I recommend to newbies that ask is pick something easy to remember and then add a space between each letter. A short easy password becomes a long complicated password to decipher.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[red bandit1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:47:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Alleged Russian spies wrote passwords on paper]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I use a private encryption method I tell nobody about, not even family.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[red bandit1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:30:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[IronKey]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[IronKey: As far as password protection I don't know if there is anything better, more secure and convenient]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rjocius]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:55:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Too many passwords]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm glad I don't  have your job.  I think that managing the 6 or so I have at work is plenty.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Al_nyc]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:36:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[not really]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I find that a long password can be committed to memory after using it for a while.  What I find to be a real problem is when dumb administrators force you to change your password every X number of days.  That's just plain stupid and leads to this type of stupid mistake where users write down passwords.  Forcing users to change passwords regularly leads to one of two things.  The user will either use an easily guessed password or write it down within 5 feet of their keyboard.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Al_nyc]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:50:06 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Alleged Russian spies wrote passwords on paper]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I am an administrator or backup administrator of many, many different programs.  Most the user IDs and passwords that I need to manage on a daily basis are easily remembered without so much as a second thought. For those that aren't used as frequently, I have hints that would only make sense to me (not the actual passwords) saved in a password protected file. Did I mention that in order to access this password protected file, you would also need to know my network credentials which contain a strong password which is never written down (not even a hint) and is also changed a minimum of every 90 days?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[harleycat75]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:37:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Safely]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Currently kept in a PINs (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html)4.50.0.86 file (448 bit Blowfish encoding), in a TrueCrypt container (there is of course a 'sploit here), behind layered security. The passwords to access the PINs and TC are difficult occasionally even for me, and sometimes I have to make four or so attempts. This varies with the keyboard and angle, but I'm a touch typist so this is not too much of a trial.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[husserl@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:28:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Pass-Phrases]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've always been a fan of pass-phrases, but I always type them out with full spacing and punctuation. After a couple practice rounds, typing something natural like &quot;My name is Steve and I hate working here&quot; becomes much more natural that one would think, especially on Monday mornings.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jeremial-21966916363912016372987921703527]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:39:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[eWallet]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Bearing in mind that I don't work for the company, nor do I own stocks in it (if they have any) - I'm just an average user here....You won't need a phone for eWallet:  it works on Windows machines, Palm, iPhone, iPad.  You just have to sync it, with whatever device or cross devices, using a USB key or whatever.  It works marginally well on the Mac.  I'm using it on my iMac - it's just that you have to copy the ewallet file to the Mac, as you can't sync it normally.  Otherwise, it's as functional as it is on the other platforms.  Not sure if you can get a copy for Linux though; never investigated that.Good luck with whatever you can figure out for password management.  Simply trying to remember a *strong* password is a little challenging - at least that's what I've found - especially when you have multiple systems that require it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wolfshades]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thats the best]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Three strikes and you're out.AV]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AV .]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:50:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Exactly... It's not the fort Knox.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You don't need the unbreakable password code.That's probably not even possible, depending on the final word in cryptography.What you need is Good Enough.Good Enough equals &quot;no-one will bother&quot;, unless you're a seriously important person... important like Obama, or Osama.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:30:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Write down a coded HINT]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When I am asked how to remember a password I suggest a person write code and stick it under their keyboard. For example if you write Jones#55! for your mother being 55, the REAL password would come back to you as her middle name of Barbara#55! I personally am a paramedic and I have used epi@1 to stand for epinephrine@1MG. That would be confusing to most people. How about RDH-12456 for a girl friends birthday; the real password is RobinAnne-62451 which is her real birthday. It beats letting users write the actual password down. Just make it confusing to most people.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Plant Doctor]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:26:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There's always encryption]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[But maybe you're right, and nobody would bother.That doesn't explain all the &quot;people&quot; who come asking for password help though.To the buyer it might be worth it to rifle your HD before selling the machine onwards as parts or whatever. ID thieves usually have to do harder work than that...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:59:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No cleaners.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That's for my home machines.  I have too many to remember them all.  Seriously, I would have to remember like ten PWs, including the kids' machines.Anyone that gets into my home and wants to know what's on my HDs isn't going to be stopped by a PW anyway.Really, though, it is probably more likely that the person running out the door with my monitor is probably going to sell it for crack anyway and doesn't care what is on the HD.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kama410@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:57:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Slight Problem]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have about 218 ID's and passwords I have to keep a track of, some are for business systems and functions and some personal.The biggest problem is the variance of rules between the various systems, some require only numeric (most PINs), some don't allow capital letters or special characters, some are a minimum of 6 characters but others require 20 characters.Just change management is a nightmare. Some change every 6 months or so, but some change every week and one I have forces a change every 72 hours. I change them all at once every six months and it takes me at least 3 hours, even when the passwords are pre-planned in the change.In some I'm only allowed one failure and then ID is locked.I've intentionally excluded the biometric access controlled systems. For those there is another whole different set of issues!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sensor Guy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:07:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE muscle memory]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[oh yeah i've done that once, XDfortunately it was only for some on-line thing at my old school where you could log in and check your grades. not that i particularly went on there often!i'm not really responsible for a ton of passwords so i guess my approach is only realistic for small scale operations. but i've been thinking about setting up a 'password file' and use file permissions to make sure only root can see the file and perhaps do some kind of encryption or hashing. because what if i do get a bigger work load and small things like an odd password just slip my mind. eWallet looks very snazzy indeed but i don't have a supported phone hahaha! i'm locked into evil BREW! i can't even develop for my own phone if i wanted to (T_T) but the safest way to do passwords is to lock a copy of the password in the safe which its for and then burn the only other copy of the password! (i watched too much 'Get Smart' when i was younger!)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[itachisxeyes]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:49:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[memory   hints]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[i have a text file of hints to jog my memory that would mean nothing to someone reading it. for example river + yr. that is the name of a river near where i lived in another country in another language and the 2 digit year i lived there. btw - knowing another language or more than one is very helpful in creating secure passwords]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[clarkcomputer@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:18:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Alleged Russian spies wrote passwords on paper]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have to maintain at least 15 different passwords and PINs, and I'm forced to change many of them every few weeks.  At least half of these are on my employer's intranet, whose many sites each require their own password. I CAN'T remember them all.  So I have them written down on a piece of paper which I keep in my wallet.  Which is often accidently thrown away when I need to clean out that filing cabinet under half my ass that my wallet becomes.  Which means that I have to recover or get a new password for many of the sites I visit infrequently.  Which means yet ANOTHER password to remember/forget.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ostrich67@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:46:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[So many people commit to memory?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[if you choose a password that has a good base (something that no amount of logic and guessing can reproduce) than u can have several varieties of the password. I am an Army Veteran and besides my 50 or so pleasure passwords, i had to change my AKO regularly. the characters and numbers were randomly varied.but i see ur point. its hard to remember a million totally different passwords]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dariquew@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:12:10 -0700</pubDate>
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