Write your passwords down

Re:Write your passwords down by zcid on Friday December 17, 2010 @03:42PM (#2017694)

While my method isn't as secure as your most likely is, I prefer a simpler algorithm based upon the site name. I can perform my algorithm in my head and enter a password quickly and without having to refer to a terminal or another program.

Btw, do you ever worry that your command history might be accessed to discover your passwords?

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Re:Write your passwords down by 16s on Friday December 17, 2010 @03:57PM (#2017737)

I use an app I wrote to do the sha1 so the sentence is not hanging around in bash history, but I do rely on the cmd prompt at times on computers at my house. Here's a screeshot of the app: http://i.imgur.com/tz255.png

No one but me uses it. So it's bare bones.

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Re:Write your passwords down by agraddy on Saturday December 18, 2010 @05:09AM (#2019262)

You mentioned adding a period for special characters but what do you do for passwords that require capitalization?

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Re:Write your passwords down by kree10 on Saturday December 18, 2010 @09:01AM (#2019505)

I suppose you could get that with base64 encoding rather than a hex digest. Something like:

    echo -n 'Secret sentence Sitename' | openssl sha1 -binary | openssl base64

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Re:Write your passwords down by 16s on Saturday December 18, 2010 @11:08AM (#2019668)

Good idea. Lot's more space too when compared to hex encoding. I added it to my app: http://imgur.com/EcqZ1

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