Re:LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
by karmakaze on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:18PM
(#29717585)
What's your personal threat model? I'm always trying to balance the risk of a party focused on security vs the minimal effort I'm likely to put into it. I don't want to be a story about the guy that lost their password to a wallet or anything else important. I used to be able to reliably remember complex passwords reliably but finding that's no longer the case, now only shorter intermittently used ones based on how often I have to use "reset password".
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Re:LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
by DougN7 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:23PM
(#29717638)
I’ve decided that besides a password manager, all of my passwords will also have a number at the end, like 8 (simple, easy to append manually in a password field. Now the password manager has to get defeated AND my own small personal salt value will have to be known.
Re:LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
by argestes on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:32PM
(#29717743)
Now we know
Re:LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
by willis936 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @05:18PM
(#29718965)
Now you know that there is some sort of salt. That isn't helpful to an attacker trying to cryptographically crack a password if they already have the password database.
Re:LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
by lunarboy on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @04:08PM
(#29718208)
This is a good idea that's never occurred to me. I guess you could also consider it like having one password for all your accounts, except salted with some random string from your password manager
Re:LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
by mongol on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @05:56PM
(#29719317)
Will it always be 8? Or will it vary?
Re:LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
by yawaworht1978 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:37PM
(#29717805)
Good idea, I would add a yubikey to that, for an additional step.