You only need one field labeled "Hint"

Post #185,713 by tuberculosis 12/1/04 1:55:04 PM 8/21/07 6:13:52 AM Reply	You only need one field labeled "Hint" You can put a cryptic memory jogger that nobody else would figure out. I like that one. ie - "Your uncle's horse". Precious few people are going to know my uncle's name, much less the name of his primary steed (he has half a dozen but one fave). "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:13:52 AM EDT You only need one field labeled "Hint" You can put a cryptic memory jogger that nobody else would figure out. I like that one. ie - "Your uncle's horse". Precious few people are going to know my uncle's name, much less the name of his primary steed (he has half a dozen but one fave). "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Collapse All History
Post #185,718 by Yendor 12/1/04 2:06:55 PM Reply	Sure... ...That's the smart-man's way of handling a user-enterable "hint" and "hint response" type of field. You could just as easily enter "Glarble fark?" for the hint, and "Farkin-a!" for the response. Who the hell would think of that response to such gibberish? The main point is that a user-enterable password hint and response are more secure than choosing from a list of questions, with a corresponding pre-chosen list of answers. PS- Sorry if I've now ruined your response to some website. Farkin-a! :) -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #185,720 by admin 12/1/04 2:10:59 PM Reply	Bah. Now I need a new one... Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #185,741 by FuManChu 12/1/04 4:35:59 PM Reply	Not quite 1. Never get involved in a land war in Asia. 2. Never confuse "secure" with "securable"--that is, "potentially secure". The main point is that a user-enterable password hint and response are more secure than choosing from a list of questions, with a corresponding pre-chosen list of answers. That should be: The main point is that a user-enterable password hint and response are more securable than choosing from a list of questions, with a corresponding pre-chosen list of answers. The difference is that most users will still choose easily-guessable questions and answers. You and I may not, but we're exceptional people. ;)
Post #185,773 by Yendor 12/1/04 8:03:26 PM Reply	And my point is... The difference is that most users will still choose easily-guessable questions and answers. You and I may not, but we're exceptional people. ;) I really don't give a rat's ass if anyone else chooses "What color is the sky?" with a response of "blue" to that question. If you let them choose the question and provide the answer, and they do something as downright stupid as that, why should I give a flying fuck? Why should Scott give a flying fuck, either? I know plenty of people, both friends and cow-orkers, who choose things like their child's name for their password. I'd be willing to bet that at least some people here are guilty of same. Hell, even I have been known to reuse passwords from one website to the next. Every person is responsible for their own account's security under this method. That's the point. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #185,791 by folkert 12/1/04 10:20:06 PM Reply	I have a standard formula I use for passwords. Expendable accounts that are nice to have but nothing to important that I can't replace if compromised. Expendable accounts that are very important to me, but not irreplacable Important stuff that would be a troublesome to replicate or recover>/li> Critical stuff that, I will not be able to recover or replace or is so important to me that losing it would be very very bad. Of course there are combinations of those levels. I still like my idea. I very much prefer it. Even compared to /. and the mechanism used. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
Post #185,794 by daemon 12/1/04 10:40:44 PM Reply	I also have a standard formula I assume that the web is open for all to review so have reused thae same password combo for years as I dont give too much of a rats if one gets compromised. I dont use ebay or other ecommerce sites. I do bank on the web so have a completely separate line for that. Knowing my generic work/web login would give no clues to my financials. regards, daemon that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
Post #185,797 by folkert 12/1/04 11:06:54 PM Reply	Ding, Ding, Ding. If you fingered out my expendable passwords... you are completely in the wrong secotr of the galaxy to try to relate to my "secure" passwords. So it sounds like you are the same kind. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]

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