Computer newbies: Product Recommendation for Password Management
Product Recommendation for Password Management
by Jordan Skylar - 8/17/07 3:33 AMI've read alittle about managing passwords using 1 product. Then you don't have to remember all the passwords. When I tried to renew ZoneAlarm, it asked if I wanted to buy Steganos Password Manager.
1. Is it good to have a password manager
2. What ones should I look at
Jordan
I heard people talk about
by PudgyOne - 8/17/07 10:50 AM In reply to: Product Recommendation for Password Management by Jordan Skylarusing Roboform.
I use Mozilla Firefox and it has it's own password manager. It encrypts the passwords and protects them, using a password.
Rick
I forget to include my software info ...
by Jordan Skylar - 8/19/07 3:25 AM In reply to: Product Recommendation for Password Management by Jordan SkylarI'm running XP with SP2. I use IE 6.
So, I assume Roboform is cool with XP and IE.
Jordan
Just My Opinion...
by Grif Thomas
- 8/19/07 5:59 PM
In reply to: Product Recommendation for Password Management by Jordan Skylar
I've never had the need for one.. I generally deal with 5 or six different passwords on multiple different logins and I simply remember them.. When I change the passwords, I change them all at the same time and I change them in a similar manner so it's not difficult to remember the changes made.
Still, it's up to you about which programs you want to use.
Hope this helps.
Grif
Good Memory ...
by Jordan Skylar - 8/19/07 9:52 PM In reply to: Just My Opinion... by Grif Thomas
Hi Grif,
Thanks a lot for your reply. You must have a good memory! LOL!
I think I was getting myself confused because I was using my several passwords and also helping a friend with hers. She chose a different way of using numbers and special characters. I got totally messed up between the two of us. My own fault ...
Thanks again!
Roboform
by frankzuma - 8/24/07 10:37 PM In reply to: Product Recommendation for Password Management by Jordan SkylarBuy it, it's worth every cent. I never thought I'd use it either, as I originally bought it to fill out forms. After a while I have accrued over 50 accounts with all high strength passwords that I don't need to remember. I buy online quite a bit as well as post to forums. Plus, if you buy the mobile piece as well you can stick it on a flash drive and have passwords on the go as well.
Roboform - the only way to go!
by Cartman199 - 8/25/07 12:30 AM In reply to: Product Recommendation for Password Management by Jordan SkylarRoboform - don't waste your time on the other's. Once you try it you will never go back, trust me.
Password Mrg System
by patty3m - 8/25/07 2:46 AM In reply to: Product Recommendation for Password Management by Jordan SkylarRegarding a good product - I personally use Norton Password Manager, and have used this product successfully for years. In addition to storing one's passwords to websites, it also keeps "secure" information on credit cards, 3-different addresses, and allows you to back-up/restore the information should you ever need to.
Additionally, I also keep a separate working file that I update at the same-time (i.e. any time I add a new website/profile), that has site name, username, password, and any special login attribute. While the working file is created in a word.doc and is backed-up frequently, it is converted to a secure pdf.file for security reasons.
While I only use xyz variations of my password - brain just can't remember them anymore and I'd rather use a password manager and a back-up system to do the job for me. It has worked like a treasure for years. Hope you find what you are looking for.
PRM
passwooed managers
by ctommyf - 8/25/07 7:13 AM In reply to: Password Mrg System by patty3mI use Robo Form and love it , wouldn't use anything els. I used to use Norton but some of my banks have more than 2 places to fill at one time and Norton would not fill the bill. Besides I got tired of Norton slowing my machine down.
Tom fuls
Passwords
by WAArnold - 8/27/07 8:48 AM In reply to: Product Recommendation for Password Management by Jordan SkylarHave been in computers and passwords for around 40 years and have not had the problem of remembering them. However, I think you would be better satisfied if you would put all your passwords into a spreadsheet, excel, lotus 123, whatever, and invest in an encryption program that will, in addition to your password sheet, allow you to encrypt your computer files. However, you would still have a password to remember. Or, is that the problem? You don't wanna remember passwords? 
Remembering Passwords ...
by Jordan Skylar - 9/2/07 3:29 AM In reply to: Passwords by WAArnoldLOL! It's not that I don't like remembering password. I've just gotten to a certain age where I cannot remember all of the passwords I've used. This usually results in trying a password I think is correct and it getting rejected. I then try another one and that gets rejected. So then I have to fill in all types of information just to get a new, temp password to log in. I'd rather avoid all of that!!! LOL!
40 years huh? I guess you have a better memory than I do!!!
Thanks,
Jordan
Years
by WAArnold - 9/2/07 12:18 PM In reply to: Remembering Passwords ... by Jordan SkylarActually I started using computers for one thing then another in the early 60's. Started doing programing in mid 60's, left that to do mostly hardware, setting up, repairing, building pc's etc., in the 70's.
I can give you a couple or three freebies that do a pretty good job at encrypting you files if you'd like. Just send me an e-mail and I'll be happy to send them, or give you the link for download.
later
What I do is
by PudgyOne - 9/2/07 12:40 PM In reply to: Remembering Passwords ... by Jordan SkylarI use certain passwords for certain sites.
Bank, PayPal and other websites that use my accounts, password is a long one with a combination of letters and numbers.
Forums and other login places and less severe password to remember, usually 10 letters and numbers after it.
Work, I have to change it every 90 days, what a PITA. I usually use the same password, just change the last couple of numbers at the end.
I have about 4 passwords that I really use. Banking is done only at home, where I know the passwords are secure and encrypted.
Just go and change all the passwords to one you can remember. Start with a new passwords and start changing them, when you forgot the others.
Rick
Why Spend Money for Something That's Free?
by terrybee - 9/9/07 6:45 AM In reply to: Product Recommendation for Password Management by Jordan SkylarI'm sure Norton and Roboform are great. But they cost money.
PasswordSafe is free. It uses the Twofish algorithm developed by Bruce Schneier - a World renowned cryptographer and security expert, author of numerous books on the subjects. Search CNET for his name, and you will find several "Feature Stories" on/and by Bruce, and he is often consulted by organizations such as the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA.
Passwordsafe is open source, and available from:
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net
You can also download the source code, if you desire.
You have a question, don't you? "If everyone can read the source code, how is it safe to use?"
I suggest you read Bruce's articles on "Snake Oil." Here's a link:
http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9902.html
Here are two quotes from the article:
"The problem with bad security is that it looks just like good security. You can't tell the difference by looking at the finished product." ... "Most products seem to fall into the middle category: well-meaning but insecure. I've talked about the reason in previous CRYPTO-GRAM essays, but I'll summarize: anyone can create a cryptography product that he himself cannot break. This means that a well-meaning person comes up with a new idea, or at least an idea that he has never heard of, cannot break it, and believes that he just discovered the magic elixir to cure all security problems. And even if there's no magic elixir, the difficulty of creating secure products combined with the ease of making mistakes makes bad cryptography the rule."
NOTE that he says "... the ease of making mistakes makes bad cryptography the rule."
READ THE ARTICLE!!!
The source code for the security behind the Internet is available for everyone to read, but yet your purchases over the Internet are secure. It's the same principle.
Neither Roboform nor Norton give you the source code. They both fit the definition of "Snake Oil."
Enjoy!
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