On Mon 09 Dec 2019 at 16:31:35 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Charles Curley (2019-12-09 15:56:26) > > On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 18:55:12 +0100 (CET) > > <l0f...@tuta.io> wrote: > > > > > Usual advice : use strong passwords (i.e. long enough with high > > > entropy => generated&stored in a dedicated password manager) AND 1 > > > different per service, never the same. > > > > There is a handy password generator available on Debian, called APG > > (Automated Password Generator), which will generate passwords for you. > > The default settings yield a fairly strong password, but you can modify > > those to make the results even stronger. > > I dislike APG because it generates passwords difficult to remember - > without aiding in how to deal with that, which has a high risk of > passwords getting stored on physical notes in the top drawer... > > For strong yet rememberable passwords, I recommend this: > > xkcdpass > > More information: https://lwn.net/Articles/713806/ > > (yes, above aricle also references the XKCD cartoon!) > > For non-rememberable passwords, I recommend this: > > pass > > More information: https://lwn.net/Articles/714473/ > > There are several other tools similar to the above. I recommend to read > above referenced articles if in doubt!
How about not having to remember (or write down) any passwords for the places you log in to? https://masterpassword.app/ Not in Debian, unfortunately. -- Brian.
