[mdlug] Email Passwords and Password Manager

[Peter Bart]

On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 08:14 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 06:36 -0400, Peter Bart wrote:
> > Last week I started getting password errors on my handheld device
> > retrieving my email. I'm assuming that either something on my end got
> > corrupted or is it possible and/or likely that my password was
> > intercepted while I was connected to one of the many unencrypted
> > wireless networks I connect to? Of course I immediately changed my
> > password, which brings me to my next question.
> > 	Looking around for a password manager and a password generator. Right
> > now I'm using pwgen and simply storing these in a text file. Obviously I
> > need to do some work. 
> 
> Why?  That is what I do.  Install GNOME Seahorse, then gedit can GPG
> encrypt/decrypt/sign data right from the Edit menu.  You get
> convenience, security, and not being tied into some weirdo tool.   If
> you need to you can always decrypt from the command line.
> 
> > s there a program that does both that someone can
> > recommend? 
> 
> gedit + seahorse plugins
> 
> > Of course I would like something I can point and click on,
> 
> gedit
> 

	You'll be happy to know I finally started using Seahorse as you do.
Thanks for the suggestion! I am going to use Keepassx as well to keep
web logins, etc.

-- 
Best Regards,

Peter The Plumber
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