[H-GEN] password fatigue

[Russell Stuart]

On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 09:21 +1000, David Seikel wrote:
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> On Fri, 24 May 2013 08:58:42 +1000 Nick Lawrence
> <n1cklawr3nc3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm suffering a bit of password fatigue. Basically starting to lose
> > track of my logon names and passwords.
> > 
> > Any recommendations?
> > 
> > I am looking at single sign-on software, but am also aware that it
> > can be a single point of failure.
> 
> KeePassX and it's clones store your account names and passwords for
> you, and can copy'n'paste them as needed.  Locked up with a single
> password, plus other options.  Also has clones / ports for Android,
> Windows, and likely others.  It's what I use, thus is what I recommend.

Another very simple solution is the PwdHash plugin, which exists for
Firefox, Chrome and Opera.  PwdHash replaces the password you enter with
a hash of the password and some site info.  So not only does it allow
you to use the same password for each site, the password it generates is
both large and random so it amplifies the password strength.  It was
created by Stanford Uni.  They also provide a web site that will create
the password for you, if you don't have access to the plugin.

http://www.pwdhash.com/