Re: external access and passwd mgmt (was Re: SSH on Cisco ...)
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Bennett Todd wrote:
GNU Keyring <URL:http://gnukeyring.sourceforge.net/> is your friend. Store passwords in your Palm, with no fears for the security of the backups or the loss of the Palm. And it can generate nice passwords, too.
However, it marks the database file as "no backup" by default, and you have to use third-party tools to change that. Oh, and that stuff about having a week to change the battery before you lose your data after the screen goes blank; rubbish. :-) Since it's entirely likely that you'll pick a weak passphrase to protect the Palm keyring, if you *DO* change the backup bit on that database, don't sync it at work. Or, leave the backup bit alone, so it doesn't back up on hotsync, but use a third-party backup tool to grab the whole shebang frequently. Yes, I learned this the hard way.
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Shawn McMahon