On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 10:22:09AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > There have been numerous well-publicized breaches at banks, major > retailers, etc. (and doubtless even more unpublicized ones). If / when > hackers get your credentials to one institution, do you really want > them to have the keys to all your accounts?
OK, I downloaded pwgen, issued "pwgen -s 15 3" changed chosen password. All I have to worry about now is someone getting hold of that piece of paper. IOW, http://xkcd.com/792/, and Glenn's post tipped my thinking. Perhaps it is misleading for pwgen to state: [...] -s, --secure These should only be used for machine passwords, since otherwise it's almost guaranteed that users will simply write the password on a piece of paper taped to the monitor... -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120803072656.GA7609@tal
