[TriLUG] OT: password generation

[Rick DeNatale]

Good idea. I've used a palm app called AcctMgr which stores account
info in an encrypted form.  I've also kept sensitive information in
gpg encrypted files (encrypted to myself with my public key so I need
my private key to get it).

The mozilla programs like Firefox and Thunderbird also allow the
passwords they store to be protected with a master password. Firefox
allows this to be a passphrase.  I'm not sure how secure the
encryption they use is however. I looked to see if there was an
extension which would allow gpg to be used for this, but I don't think
that there is one.

Are there any general purpos open source secure password archives
which would run on Linux?


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:57:00 -0500, Tanner Lovelace
<clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:22:48 -0500, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > wondering if any of you have come across other random password
> > generators, and what your experience in general of securing your
> > passwords and accounts has been.
> 
> I generally use STRIP (Secure Tool for Recalling Important Passwords) on my
> PDA to save my passwords and it has a random password generator integrated
> into it.  I haven't used it at all, but I would think that a random
> password generator
> would be more useful in something like that where it also stores your passwords
> (encrypted) for you.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tanner
> 
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