- Teaches of Peaches
- Aug 10, 2010
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I genuinely can't wait to see the op completed. I recently got a new hard drive an did a fresh I install of windows and made sure I had everything up to standard but it looks like some of my knowledge was out of date. So I replaced a few things I used previously with the new suggestions.
So the last area I need to secure further would be password security. What are the general suggestions for that? I don't use the same password for anything and have a password manager but I am sure there are newer, or at least better ways than I have currently. I ask because I was using lastpass in the past because it was so easy to use with chrome addons but I am aware of the security risks that it carries and want to move to something better.
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- Teaches of Peaches
- Aug 10, 2010
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OP update is still in the works. Blame work, DEFCON, and my personal project. I can easily answer questions however. I do have some help from others on the OP too.
To be honest, let your password manager generate the passwords. A while back I was using my own tool to generate the passwords in the event I ever have to manually type them in, but it's getting less and less common for me to have to do so.
I recommend using KeePass as a solution followed by 1Password should it not meet your requirements. KeePass is multi-platform, free, and it's pretty easy to synchronise the file using any file sharing service (Dropbox, Box, OwnCloud, whatever). The Android and iOS versions of the application work great and I have never had issues with the file getting corrupted, et cetera. I use KeePass across Windows, OS X, Linux, and Android with no problems--although on OS X I do recommend MacPass as it is a native application and doesn't rely on Mono.
LastPass is complete garbage and the reason for that is that it is entirely cloud-dependent with some exception and the developers cannot seem to get its poo poo straight. KeePass does have some limitations as its browser integration is flakey, but I do suggest using it over LastPass as if you can keep the file secure, then you know you're okay. Keeping the file secure really primarily consists of not having a lovely password for the file to begin with (don't reuse it and make sure it cannot be generated easily) as a primary and then keeping the file away from others as as secondary.
1Password gets a mention as it is as good as KeePass except that it does cost money.
Alright thanks for the info dump. I am going to give KeePass a shot and see how that works for me. I mostly used Lastpass for junk account with junk websites that I only needed to sign into on rare occasion so I wouldn't remember the passwords for that stuff but even then I want to make sure I keep everything together now and more secure than what Lastpass has been.
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