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Robin Laing wrote: | Nathaniel Hall wrote: | |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |> Hash: SHA1 |> |> Tony Dietrich wrote: |> | On Friday 18 Feb 2005 16:36, Nathaniel Hall wrote: |> | <snip> |> | |> | Nathaniel |> | |> | I have a feeling you aren't thinking straight, or are describing your |> problem |> | incorrectly. |> | |> | What do you mean by passwords? |> | System passwords are normally encrypted using one-way algorithms .. so |> there |> | is no way to decrypt them. So the second part of your problem just |> isn't |> | relevant. |> | If you are talking about PGP (or similar) encryption, then yes, this is |> | possible in perl, if you have the right perl modules installed. |> | |> I want to be able to store passwords for lookup, not system passwords. |> Similar to many programs available for Windows and Yaps on Palm. You |> enter in usernames and passwords. They are stored securely until you |> input the correct password to unlock those. | | | I haven't followed this whole thread but if you are going to access | passwords via the web, use the password manager built into Mozilla (And | probably firefox). Under Tools Password manager. | | This is not to save passwords for websites. It is to store very secret passwords (i.e. root or administrator) very safely. I can keep it internal, but I do not want just anybody to be able to decrypt the passwords, only people I specify by encrypting with their public key.
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Nathaniel Hall, GSEC Intrusion Detection and Firewall Technician Ozarks Technical Community College -- Office of Computer Networking
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