Comments on: Password Lessons http://www.churchtechy.com/2010/05/password-lessons/ where Tech meets church Tue, 01 May 2012 14:49:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Stuarthttp://www.churchtechy.com/2010/05/password-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 Stuart Wed, 26 May 2010 20:44:12 +0000 http://www.churchtechy.com/?p=1744#comment-1184 Kevin, the short answer is no it's not enough. The longer answer is that if I (or anyone) guessed / worked out / cracked your password then I'd be able to access anything of yours. If you have a look at my linked post (What's In Your Password) then you can see three excellent utilities for managing passwords. Personally I use and love Roboform and it's well worth the $30 investment. But what my post and each of the 3 utilities I mention do is help folks manage & generate passwords. One other tip - if I'm on a forum where I don't care if someone hijacks my userid then I'm inclined to use the same password. Kevin, the short answer is no it's not enough.

The longer answer is that if I (or anyone) guessed / worked out / cracked your password then I'd be able to access anything of yours.

If you have a look at my linked post (What's In Your Password) then you can see three excellent utilities for managing passwords. Personally I use and love Roboform and it's well worth the $30 investment. But what my post and each of the 3 utilities I mention do is help folks manage & generate passwords.

One other tip – if I'm on a forum where I don't care if someone hijacks my userid then I'm inclined to use the same password.

]]> By: Kevin Weatherbyhttp://www.churchtechy.com/2010/05/password-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 Kevin Weatherby Wed, 26 May 2010 18:37:31 +0000 http://www.churchtechy.com/?p=1744#comment-1182 I completely understand the need for a strong password. My question is: If you have the same "super 16 character password", can you use it for many different things? It seems everything needs a password and I just don't feel organized enough to keep track of 20 different 16 character random passwords. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. I completely understand the need for a strong password. My question is: If you have the same "super 16 character password", can you use it for many different things?

It seems everything needs a password and I just don't feel organized enough to keep track of 20 different 16 character random passwords.

Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

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