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Re:Toward Better Master Passwords by IgorPartola on Saturday June 25, 2011 @02:29PM (#2696218)
I am realizing that passwords are a bad thing. I have no problem with 1-2 passwords in my life. I can easily change them, and I can choose secure passwords. My biggest fear with a password is that I use the same password twice, once on a secure system (e.g.: my workstation or a remote server I administer) and once on a web application with holes the size of Mt. Gox.

I have been moving to LastPass, but the service, as nice as it is, just has too many controls, and is a bit ugly. It also only support Mobile Firefox if you have the premium subscription (not a huge price to pay, just another barrier for me). My biggest issue with it is that I will need to set up a premium account for my wife as well, since there are some shared passwords (e.g.: our banks, utilities, etc.) and some that are individual (work-related).

Ideally, what I'd love to find is a cross-platform (mobile, UNIX, Windows) system that syncs data over ssh to a server I specify.

Really ideally, I'd love if everyone adopted OpenID, so I can just maintain a single access point that I secure to my satisfaction (client side certificates, one-time passwords from hardware tokens, etc.)

Re:Toward Better Master Passwords by sunchild on Saturday June 25, 2011 @05:37PM (#2696639)
You should try 1password. It really like it. It syncs via wifi or dropbox.