[Chester LUG] Password manager

[Les Pritchard]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your thoughts. My problem was creating (or rather remembering) a
new unique pass phrase for each site. If you use some form of pattern, once
one is found an attacker would have more information to attempt access to
others I own. Using a hardware device like the Yubikey is a nice idea and
works well. Personally I wanted something that would work on any system
without the need for carrying around additional hardware and would work on
all smartphones.

Obviously it's all about finding a solution that works for you. You seem to
have it cracked with a nice solution. This app was something to solve my
own need and hopefully it will help some others too.

Thanks for looking

Les

On 18 July 2012 12:30, Michael Crilly <mrcrilly at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll give it a try at some point, Les. Personally I use a pass phrase in
> my head (different ones for each service), combined with a static string
> that my Yubikey outputs. Two factor authentication with a physical aspect
> seems to be the best solution in my opinion.
>
> - MTC
>
> On 17 Jul 2012, at 13:49, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I mentioned at the last LUG meet that I've been working on a small
> > password manager app, well it's now available and it would be great if
> > some of you could take a look and try it out. The big difference
> > between this and the common 'password safe' type system is that this
> > tool never saves any passwords, so there's no central location to be
> > attacked or lost. It works by creating repeatable passwords for each
> > set of variables (your common password, pin and the name of the
> > account). Take a look at the website for more information about the
> > app and to download a copy - www.passeto.com.
> >
> > There's a desktop app (Linux version of course!) and an online version
> > for when you're on the move. I'm going to add some more features in
> > the near future and hopefully produce a mobile app.
> >
> > Please take a look and email directly if you have any questions,
> > feedback or feature requests! It's not Open Source (yet) but is free
> > for all.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Les
> >
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