Thanks for the reply.
I now feel a little safer doing what I'm doing :)
PS: IMHO there are more usable ways of managing one's passwords than
storing them in a GnuPG file (although much can be accomplished by
wrapping access to that file through a number of shell scripts, I
assume).
Yes, I
Consider keepassx
Yes I have used this before; I may give it another go.
Thanks.
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Consider keepassx from www.keepassx.org, it is cross platform mac, win and
linux and opensource. Fully compatible with www.keepass.info
I have used it for a few years and it is also available on WM5 and as a
portable app for use when out and about.
Hi,
I am using GnuPG to encrypt a plain text file of my passwords.
How secure is it to use my own public key as the encryption method
(rather than symmetric), given that the password file is stored on the
same drive as my public and private keys?
Thanks.
a paranoid's answer to your question:
your passphrase is also required ... so my best guess is that you are more or
less safe;
others on this list would know better than myself.
Here's the paranoid part: if your system became compromised with a keylogger,
Hi!
Chris Poole schrieb:
How secure is it to use my own public key as the encryption method
(rather than symmetric), given that the password file is stored on the
same drive as my public and private keys?
The simple answer is: It doesn't matter, both methods are equally secure
(with the
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:36:49 -0500
From: gerry_lowry \(alliston ontario canada\)
gerry.lo...@abilitybusinesscomputerservices.com
Subject: Re: How secure asymmetric encryption to yourself?
a paranoid's answer to your question:
More paranoia: when you're viewing your file as plain text
Sven Radde wrote, in part:
... there are more usable ways of managing one's passwords
than storing them in a GnuPG file.
I'm curious what more usable ways there are that Sven and others
can recommend.
I'm also unsure what Sven apparently means by more usable?
(While they need to be
I'm curious what more usable ways there are that Sven and others
can recommend.
I'm fond of writing down my passwords on the back of a business card
and keeping it in my wallet. For the overwhelming majority of these
passwords, the site's most confidential information of mine they
Robert J. Hansen wrote the following on 2/23/09 1:42 PM:
[...]
Open up my wallet, fish out the list, and there it is.
The moral of this story is simple -- don't make things more
complicated than you have to.
Robert, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!
Charly
Hi!
gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada) schrieb:
Sven Radde wrote, in part:
... there are more usable ways of managing one's passwords
than storing them in a GnuPG file.
I'm curious what more usable ways there are that Sven and others
can recommend.
/First of all,
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 01:42:32PM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
Open up my wallet, fish out the list, and there it is.
Although I think this one of the most secure but usable places, what if
a real life phisher gets your wallet?
No problem to cancel credit cards. But are you able to reset all
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 01:15:58PM -0500, gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada)
wrote:
Sven Radde wrote, in part:
... there are more usable ways of managing one's passwords
than storing them in a GnuPG file.
I'm curious what more usable ways there are that Sven and others
Yes, this is correct, and what I thought would be the answer.
I was just concerned that an attacker (say, a thief that steals my
laptop), would have both my secret key and something encrypted with
that secret key.
I wasn't sure if this would somehow reduce the effectiveness of the
Hi,
I am using GnuPG to encrypt a plain text file of my passwords.
How secure is it to use my own public key as the encryption method
(rather than symmetric), given that the password file is stored on the
same drive as my public and private keys?
Thanks.
On Feb 17, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Chris Poole wrote:
Hi,
I am using GnuPG to encrypt a plain text file of my passwords.
How secure is it to use my own public key as the encryption method
(rather than symmetric), given that the password file is stored on
the same drive as my public and private
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