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passwords Andy Fish 10-19-2007
|--> Re: passwords Sebastian G.10-19-2007
---> Re: passwords Shenan Stanley10-19-2007
---> Re: passwords Mark Trimble10-19-2007
---> Re: passwords Steve Riley [MS...10-24-2007
Posted by Ari on October 25, 2007, 11:29 am
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:06:20 -0700, Steve Riley [MSFT] wrote:

> Nevertheless, my point was the second paragraph. Personally, I prefer to
> keep the passwords off the computer. For some folks, paper works fine. I use
> a password-protected list application on my smart phone.
>
> --
> Steve Riley
> steve.riley@microsoft.com
> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com

Steve, I'll take your word for it but I have never had one person who
used paper to be able to develop any scheme that was sufficiently safe.
The smart phone idea seems unneccesarily impractical in view of the
number of ways you can encrypt and launch URLs, etc from a program like
KeePass. Or a Cryptainer LE where you could keep a spreadsheet.

What is it, I'm curious, that keeps you distant from the use of these
alternatives?
--
"You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself"
Ken Thompson "Reflections on Trusting Trust"
http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/

Posted by Steve Riley [MSFT] on October 26, 2007, 5:45 am
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Several colleagues use their wallets to protect their pieces of paper.

I use my smart phone because I'm often having to use many different
computers. My choice to use my smart phone is purely out of convenience. I'm
not opposed to the category of products that KeePass represents.

--
Steve Riley
steve.riley@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com


> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:06:20 -0700, Steve Riley [MSFT] wrote:
>
>> Nevertheless, my point was the second paragraph. Personally, I prefer to
>> keep the passwords off the computer. For some folks, paper works fine. I
>> use
>> a password-protected list application on my smart phone.
>>
>> --
>> Steve Riley
>> steve.riley@microsoft.com
>> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
>> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
>
> Steve, I'll take your word for it but I have never had one person who
> used paper to be able to develop any scheme that was sufficiently safe.
> The smart phone idea seems unneccesarily impractical in view of the
> number of ways you can encrypt and launch URLs, etc from a program like
> KeePass. Or a Cryptainer LE where you could keep a spreadsheet.
>
> What is it, I'm curious, that keeps you distant from the use of these
> alternatives?
> --
> "You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself"
> Ken Thompson "Reflections on Trusting Trust"
> http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/


Posted by Ari on October 26, 2007, 1:11 pm
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:45:45 -0700, Steve Riley [MSFT] wrote:

> Several colleagues use their wallets to protect their pieces of paper.
>
> I use my smart phone because I'm often having to use many different
> computers. My choice to use my smart phone is purely out of convenience. I'm
> not opposed to the category of products that KeePass represents.
>
> --
> Steve Riley
> steve.riley@microsoft.com
> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com

Thx, appreciate the response.

Wallets? lol
--
"You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself"
Ken Thompson "Reflections on Trusting Trust"
http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/

Posted by Alun Jones on November 2, 2007, 12:31 pm
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> Several colleagues use their wallets to protect their pieces of paper.

What a strange idea, using a device whose very purpose is to collect small
pieces of paper and prevent them from falling into other people's hands!

Alun.
~~~~



Posted by Steve Riley [MSFT] on November 4, 2007, 5:20 pm
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Yeah, the utility of the idea is shocking, indeed. :)

--
Steve Riley
steve.riley@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com


>> Several colleagues use their wallets to protect their pieces of paper.
>
> What a strange idea, using a device whose very purpose is to collect small
> pieces of paper and prevent them from falling into other people's hands!
>
> Alun.
> ~~~~
>

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