Remembering passwords...

It looks like the number of passwords that I have to remember grows linearly over time. Since I don't have the best mnemotechnic abilities I decided today that it is OK to just forget them. Then, I just tell the whatever-site-I-must-log-on that I've forgot my password and ask it to send it by email (or reset it) each time my cookie expires. Then I simply cut & paste the password from the received email and voila, everything seems to work fine. This also allows me to implement real cryptic passwords without any fear that I might forget them later.

P.S. Yes, I know that SMTP is not really a secure protocol... :-)

Comments

• Anonymous
  June 21, 2004
  However there are Web sites that don't have such Forgot your passwords links (well, yes, poorly designed sites)... What about those, you just create another account?
  
  I think the best way for memorizing passwords is to create a logic which only you would know on how to generate a password based on the entity (Web Site, Windows Server, etc.) you need the password for.
  
  For example, you can define this password generation logic:
  
  The last letter of the entity name + "mypassword14g^s" + The first 3 letters of the entity name, written like this: first of the three letters - lowercase, the others uppercase.
  
  Just an example, not my logic, so don't try on my account(s) :-)...
• Anonymous
  June 21, 2004
  Also see this (if you haven't already), it might be very helpful:
  
  <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/07/SecurityBriefs/default.aspx">Password Multiplexer (from MSDN)</a>
• Anonymous
  June 21, 2004
  Well, sorry for the HTML syntax :)
  
  The unbroken link is: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/07/SecurityBriefs/default.aspx
• Anonymous
  June 22, 2004
  
  One of the reasons I think IE should have a built-in Authorization/Identity/Login manager..
• Anonymous
  June 22, 2004
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