How do you manage your passwords ?

Question

How do you guys manage your passwords ?
Do you guys use a password manager ? If yes, what one ? If not, what do you do to 'remember' all your passwords ?
Last edited by Athunye (2010-09-15 14:29:37)

Answer 1

as far as how i manage them, i have a small spiral bound notebook with some templates that only i know how to decrypt. something related to the password and then i'll know what it is. and as far as what they go to, i scribble something next to them like "rome", which is big and important like my root drive. (an example).
but as far as the actual password, mine are usually a line of a frequently read poem, lyrics or quote, etc. an example would be:
"To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead." -Samuel Butler
turns into:
!H_#(%=?m+t4i6@D-&?cN+7?>2
if you examine it with the right mind-set it makes sense. most commonly the last two characters if you're familiar with shell (which is what i mix in sometimes). other passwords are more lisp-like or lua-like than not, or not at all, depending on the website and if i decide to mix it in there (short-hand-ish, mind you)