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security_topics [2019.08.18 14:04] – Steve Isenberg | security_topics [2021.02.02 06:08] – Steve Isenberg | ||
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This is a work-in-progress. | This is a work-in-progress. | ||
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====Care and Maintenance of Secure Passwords==== | ====Care and Maintenance of Secure Passwords==== | ||
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* Change it often | * Change it often | ||
* Make it hard to guess - upper and lower chars, digits, special chars. 12 or 13 characters long. | * Make it hard to guess - upper and lower chars, digits, special chars. 12 or 13 characters long. | ||
- | * Watch the news for breaches and change password | + | * Watch the news for breaches and change password |
===How to create hard-to-guess passwords=== | ===How to create hard-to-guess passwords=== | ||
If a human is going to guess the password then make it unhuman. | If a human is going to guess the password then make it unhuman. | ||
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|[[https:// | |[[https:// | ||
|[[https:// | |[[https:// | ||
- | |[[https:// | + | |[[https:// |
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+ | ===Has your email been compromised in a data breach?=== | ||
+ | You enter your email address and this site ([[https:// | ||
====Steve' | ====Steve' | ||
I use a combination of KeePass on my Mac, PC, and iPhone to access, create, maintain passwords and related information in a secure password safe (encrypted file). | I use a combination of KeePass on my Mac, PC, and iPhone to access, create, maintain passwords and related information in a secure password safe (encrypted file). | ||
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* There are other ports of KeePass for Mac OS X, iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows 10, Chromebook, Blackberry, etc. Visit the KeePass site and choose Download. | * There are other ports of KeePass for Mac OS X, iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows 10, Chromebook, Blackberry, etc. Visit the KeePass site and choose Download. | ||
===To Consider=== | ===To Consider=== | ||
- | * While some apps store passwords in their space, this means it's a SPOF | + | * While some apps store passwords in their space, this means it's a SPOF((Single Point Of Failure)) |
* KeePass lets you decide where to store it -- on your computer, on USB stick, cloud storage of your choice -- and this provides some level of security you control | * KeePass lets you decide where to store it -- on your computer, on USB stick, cloud storage of your choice -- and this provides some level of security you control | ||
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