Originally Posted by
MK27
No, with that system you actually have to type something on the keyboard, and it is vulnerable to Vulcan mind-meld type attacks.
Here's what I actually do: I have a little program to generate a random password 6-12 characters long. When I want a new one, I do this:
mkpw -new cboard
Those are stored encrypted in a text file. The only thing I have written down that isn't on the computer is a salt. When I need a password, I just use this command:
mkpw cboard
(there's an mkpw -list) which copies the appropriate password into the X clipboard. So now, I just go to the password entry and Paste. A string like this ******* appears in 100% of cases.
So not even I know what my passwords are, they are all unique, and no one has to remember or even think about anything. :)