Username and Password Management

CircleFaust · 21 Feb 2011 at 15:55

Hi

we all have about a gazillion usernames and passwords these days

i was about to create a spreadsheet and put all mine in it

before i do that, where and how do you store/sort yours?

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:03

Keypass.

Paul91 · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:07

Another vote for KeePass here.

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:09

I have hundereds and hundereds of network info in it including switches, servers, websites e.t.c. So far so good.

mrk · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:10

Excel 2010 spreadsheet for me. It's very secure with AES encryption and management is super quick and easy.
Heck, I store official document scans in there too under different worksheets and so on with an index sheet at the front but it's organised filthily good, as one would expect from me, anyway

Philtor · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:11

I use the built-in password manager on Opera

Tomsk · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:29

KeePass installed to my dropbox folder.

Sunbed · 22 Feb 2011 at 11:35

Just use chrome password manager or Lastpass extension

Knubje · 22 Feb 2011 at 11:43

I use my MyNoggin v27.0

Very good at remembering things, me.

Antar Bolaeisk · 22 Feb 2011 at 12:11

I have a basic, 16 character password which I manipulate in different ways to provide a unique and complex password for every site.

For example, my password could be thisismypassword which I would then perform different operations on to make it more complicated.

Such operations include;

Alphabet Shift: moving the letters to the left or right in the alphabet
Keyboard Shift: Moving up, down, left or right on the keyboard
Numeric Replacement: Replace certain characters with numbers eg a = 4, 3 = e
Symbol Replacement: Replace certain characters with symbols eg i = ! a = @

Therefore thisismypassword could become thi5i5myp455w0rd after a numeric replacement and rgu4u4nto344q9s after a keyboard shift.

I keep a record (the above would be 1K<) of the operations performed for the sites which I feel is safer than recording the actual passwords.

brainchylde · 22 Feb 2011 at 12:24

In work we use PasswordManager XP - we can share access amongst a few people and it offers ActiveDirectory integration for it's authentication (You can inclue an additional password on top). It also offers multiple databases/folders etc so you can offer some granular access.

deus3x · 22 Feb 2011 at 12:34

KEYPASS.......

My internet life was a joke before, now its organized.

SiriusB · 22 Feb 2011 at 14:10

LastPass here. Very happy with it and also lets me use ridiculously long and convoluted strings that I would never remember.

Also, due to slight paranoia, I do not include my email accounts, PayPal and one or two other things. I only store part of my digital banking security info too - usually the bits I always forget like customer number!

I also get reprompted for my master password [which changes regularly] for most shopping sites and also for my Form auto-fill. I usually opt not to save my CC info on shopping sites too. That way, should the nearly impossible happen and someone gets access to my LastPass, they can only spam forums and will be SOL trying to buy stuff using my CC!

boosfuk · 22 Feb 2011 at 14:28

Lastpass is easily the best I've found. Handles multiple PCs/devices so easily and just works so well.

DefiantAsh · 22 Feb 2011 at 15:46

use my brain tbf, i remember all my numbers which i use everyday, uni logon, college logon, bank logon, bank number,

even know my university ucas number

mrk · 22 Feb 2011 at 15:47

Yeah but you won't be saying then when you're hit on the head and lose your memory

Cosimo · 22 Feb 2011 at 15:56

Another vote for LastPass.

CircleFaust · 22 Feb 2011 at 17:10

thanks, i'll take a look at some of those

Deleted member 77746 · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:48

Knubje said:
I use my MyNoggin v27.0

Very good at remembering things, me.

DefiantAsh said:
use my brain tbf, i remember all my numbers which i use everyday, uni logon, college logon, bank logon, bank number, even know my university ucas number

Try 12/16/24 char passwords for a 4500 pc network. :rolleyes:

Emphacy · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:58

What's the likelyhood of keypass being hacked or used by hackers to gain your password information?

So far I can remember all of my passwords, but soon I will have so many I will need something like this...
Yea, it's encrypted but assuming someone where able to remote access your system via virus or some sort, or install a keylogger.

Wouldn't they be able to get all your password info almost immediately. The chances of it happening (because of my level of security) are slim, but just incase...