Comments on: Around the PF Blogosphere: April 16, 2007 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/pf-blogoshpere/around-the-pf-blogosphere-april-16-2007/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:14:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Sun http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/pf-blogoshpere/around-the-pf-blogosphere-april-16-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-7164 The Sun Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:09:07 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/04/16/around-the-pf-blogosphere-april-16-2007/#comment-7164 Hazzard: I feel that as we have more and more accounts, it becomes a headache just to manage those passwords and security questions. There was once when I forgot the password, I was asked to answer three out of a dozen security questions (it asked me to select three questions that I chose when I setup the password and answer them). It's just a pain. Tomaste: Thanks for KeePass and SyncToy idea. I have downloaded the programs and will give them a try on my home computer. I don't have a lot of problems with my home computer because my Firefox browser remembers most of my passwords (I am not sure if I should do that). The problem occurs when I use other computers. If you carry your passwords with you, what happens if you lost the flash drive? I don't know if I want to do that, but I definitely need a backup. Hazzard: I feel that as we have more and more accounts, it becomes a headache just to manage those passwords and security questions. There was once when I forgot the password, I was asked to answer three out of a dozen security questions (it asked me to select three questions that I chose when I setup the password and answer them). It’s just a pain.

Tomaste: Thanks for KeePass and SyncToy idea. I have downloaded the programs and will give them a try on my home computer. I don’t have a lot of problems with my home computer because my Firefox browser remembers most of my passwords (I am not sure if I should do that). The problem occurs when I use other computers. If you carry your passwords with you, what happens if you lost the flash drive? I don’t know if I want to do that, but I definitely need a backup.

]]> By: Tomaste http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/pf-blogoshpere/around-the-pf-blogosphere-april-16-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-7060 Tomaste Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:15:49 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/04/16/around-the-pf-blogosphere-april-16-2007/#comment-7060 In regard to your password problems. Use a Password database! As a sysadmin for a global company, I have over a hundred accounts to keep track of. In my personal life I know the bad idea it is to use the same password for any two accounts. So I started using KeePass. Its a free password database program. Check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeePass It has an autotype feature so that you dont even have to type your passwords once they are in the database. Because you now have the "Keys to the kingdom" in one place, you should keep a backup updated at all times. You can easily do this by downloading Microsoft's free SyncToy software. I keep a synced copy of my encrypted password database on my Main computer at home, a USB flash drive (on my key ring) and my computer at work. In regard to your password problems. Use a Password database! As a sysadmin for a global company, I have over a hundred accounts to keep track of. In my personal life I know the bad idea it is to use the same password for any two accounts. So I started using KeePass. Its a free password database program. Check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeePass

It has an autotype feature so that you dont even have to type your passwords once they are in the database.

Because you now have the “Keys to the kingdom” in one place, you should keep a backup updated at all times. You can easily do this by downloading Microsoft’s free SyncToy software.

I keep a synced copy of my encrypted password database on my Main computer at home, a USB flash drive (on my key ring) and my computer at work.

]]> By: Hazzard http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/pf-blogoshpere/around-the-pf-blogosphere-april-16-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-7057 Hazzard Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:21:41 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/2007/04/16/around-the-pf-blogosphere-april-16-2007/#comment-7057 Thanks for the mention. Just trying to add a little humor to personal finance....... :) Thanks for the mention. Just trying to add a little humor to personal finance……. :)

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