Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-19 Thread Nomen Nescio
Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > Maybe you should think things through, or God forbid even run a > > few tests or something before puffing your chest there Robert. > > Especially when you're in the unenviable position of potentialy > > being your own proof of concept. > > I don't know why you have suc

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-16 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Maybe you should think things through, or God forbid even run a > few tests or something before puffing your chest there Robert. > Especially when you're in the unenviable position of potentialy > being your own proof of concept. I don't know why you have such an allergy to being shown wrong. O

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-16 Thread Nomen Nescio
Robert J. Hansen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Nomen Nescio wrote: > > Given that this is an IMAP account it's possible those temp > > files exist on the IMAP server. :-( > > Can you point me to an IMAP client which does this? Or to part of the Amusing as it is

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-15 Thread Robert J. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 > most mail-clients store draft e-mails on the imap server, thunderbird > does this with user-interaction, others might do the same without you > knowing. Anything can be stored on the mailserver as

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-15 Thread Remco Post
Robert J. Hansen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > >> most mail-clients store draft e-mails on the imap server, thunderbird >> does this with user-interaction, others might do the same without you >> knowing. Anything can be stored on the mailserver as a mail-message. >

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-15 Thread Remco Post
Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Nomen Nescio wrote: >> Given that this is an IMAP account it's possible those temp >> files exist on the IMAP server. :-( > > Can you point me to an IMAP client which does this? Or to part of the > IMAP RFC which lists "storing arbitrary data for the client's use on the

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-15 Thread Robert J. Hansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Nomen Nescio wrote: > Given that this is an IMAP account it's possible those temp > files exist on the IMAP server. :-( Can you point me to an IMAP client which does this? Or to part of the IMAP RFC which lists "storing arbitrary data for the clien

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-15 Thread Joseph Oreste Bruni
On Thursday, February 15, 2007, at 10:01AM, "Nomen Nescio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Nomen Nescio wrote: > >> I use thunderbird on my laptop and desktop with an IMAP server, and >> I've been mailing myself encrypted mails with website passwords so I >> have access to them on both computers. >>

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-15 Thread Nomen Nescio
Nomen Nescio wrote: > I use thunderbird on my laptop and desktop with an IMAP server, and > I've been mailing myself encrypted mails with website passwords so I > have access to them on both computers. > > This is just as secure as encrypting a file and copying it onto both > computers without us

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-13 Thread Joseph Oreste Bruni
If you happen to be using Mac OS X, you can store encrypted bits of information in the Keychain. And if you have a .mac account, your keychain data can be automatically synchronized across systems. -Joe On Feb 13, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Jim Hendrick wrote: > What you are doing works. But take a

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-13 Thread Randy Burns
--- Nomen Nescio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use thunderbird on my laptop and desktop with an IMAP server, and > I've been mailing myself encrypted mails with website passwords so I > have access to them on both computers. > > This is just as secure as encrypting a file and copying it onto bo

RE: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-13 Thread Jim Hendrick
What you are doing works. But take a look at password safe (Bruce Schneier & Counterpane labs). Also Password Gorilla (compatible w/ password safe) If you are truly paranoid, you could encrypt and email the safe back and forth w/ gpg, or carry it on a USB stick. > -Original Message- > F

Re: storing password lists in mails to myself on IMAP?

2007-02-13 Thread David Shaw
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 03:30:04PM +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote: > I use thunderbird on my laptop and desktop with an IMAP server, and > I've been mailing myself encrypted mails with website passwords so I > have access to them on both computers. > > This is just as secure as encrypting a file and co