Passwords

I’ve just published another Productivity Show.  This time it’s with David Freer of Symantec, Norton Internet Security and all that.  I’m going to give Norton another go, and see if it really is less bloated, runs faster, and does virus checks quicker.

Our talk, set me thinking about my passwords.  The passwords I have are fairly robust, it’s just that with so many websites, I use so few passwords, so one password may unlock several of my website accesses.  My greatest fear, is human access to servers containing my passwords, and one known password could lead to several websites I use.

I don’t know what to do.  If I move some of my mid level secure accesses up to a different password, then the same password will crack all my mid level secure accesses!!  Maybe mix the website word into my password.

Here’s a good article on levels of passwords.

And I think I’m going to try a some password software for looking after passwords. Looks like there are Firefox extensions, and open source software such Password Safe, just for this type of thing.

Comments

[David Freer]

Hi Tony,

David F from Symantec here. Your brand new Norton 360 actually has a password manager built into it. Norton Identity Safe will essentially do everything you want. Have a look, its in a tool bar on your browser.