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security_topics [2020.12.22 11:02] – [Care and Maintenance of Secure Passwords] Steve Isenberg | security_topics [2021.02.02 06:23] – [Summary or How I Secure and Use Secure Passwords] Steve Isenberg | ||
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+ | ====Summary or How I Secure and Use Secure Passwords==== | ||
+ | For what it's worth, I use KeePass and on multiple devices. I will summarize below. Note, there are no costs (to purchase or recurring) for any of the following (further down on the page some items may have a cost and it is noted). | ||
+ | - KeePass refers to both (a) an encrypted database holding information and (b) the name of one application that can access the database. | ||
+ | - A KeePass // | ||
+ | - Logins and password | ||
+ | - Other information you feel useful, such as: Social Security numbers, Secret passwords (answer to "what was your first dog's name" | ||
+ | - Past passwords. Date you started to use a given password. | ||
+ | - There are many applications that can access a KeePass database. You choose one that is available and that you find works for you. | ||
+ | - On my iPhone, I use or have used: KeePass Touch, KeePassium, MiniKeePass | ||
+ | - On Windows (a while ago) I was using KeePass2 | ||
+ | - On Mac OS X I'm using KeePassXC | ||
+ | - When I first started using KeePass, I would keep the database on a USB stick and copy it to/from any computer I was using to access/ | ||
+ | - Then I started using Dropbox to hold the database. This way I could access the KeePass database from any machine or phone that could access Dropbox. | ||
+ | - Then Dropbox started restricting free use to 3 devices. Then I switched to storing it on iCloud, and periodically copy it from iCloud to: Dropbox, pCloud, and into Documents directory on the machine I'm using. | ||
+ | - I have an entry in KeePass with a name I modify that indicates the last important change I've made to the database. | ||
+ | - For example: "Last Changed 2021 0202.1003" | ||
+ | - This way I can see how current a database is on the other devices and determine whether I need to update it on that device. | ||
+ | - I use the KeePass application to create new entries and especially passwords for logins. | ||
+ | - Here is a possible password I might use (and it's one I am not using): '' | ||
+ | - This one: '' | ||
+ | - Using a password manager you can create quite long passwords | ||
+ | - Using a password manager you can create secure passwords and not have to remember all of them | ||
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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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