[Hidden-tech] Password Managers

Matthias, Ted tmatthias at williston.com
Wed Aug 27 16:34:34 EDT 2014


Rob,

I've only used 1Password so I cannot compare it to LastPass, DashLane and others. I must say that I like the program very much and use it on all my computers. I've also found that AgileBits has great customer support and issues program updates regularly.

HTH,

Ted Matthias
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On Aug 27, 2014, at 7:07 AM, Chris Hart <email at chrishart.net<mailto:email at chrishart.net>> wrote:

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Personally, I'm a big 1Password advocate.  I've been using it for many years and like how robust/reliable it is.  I also value the fact that the password "vault" is actually resident on my devices (it can be synced via cloud if you want — which I do take advantage of — but you don't have to put your data in the cloud if you don't want to).  On Apple devices, 1Password can sync via iCloud or Dropbox.  Your password vault is encrypted everywhere it lives — on your Mac, PC, smartphone, tablet, cloud service.

1Password is in contrast to some password managers that are entirely cloud-based — like LastPass — which don't necessarily give you full control over your data.

It's worth noting that many "Password Managers" can be used for more than just passwords.  You can keep secure notes about anything and everything you like (which I do) and several also let you store images of important documents (banking docs, drivers license, passport, birth cert, etc.).  1Password does all that.

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From: Rob Laporte <rob at 2disc.com<mailto:rob at 2disc.com>>
Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 1:12 PM
To: Chris Hart <email at chrishart.net<mailto:email at chrishart.net>>, <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net<mailto:Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>>
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] security audit of network and website properties

Hi Chris and HTers,

Great advice Chris, thank you. Any suggestions about which password manager is best amount 1Password, LastPass, DashLane, etc.? Or are they all pretty much as good as the other?

Best Regards,

Rob Laporte
President and CEO
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:10:08 -0400
To: <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net<mailto:Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>>
Conversation: security audit of network and website properties
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] security audit of network and website properties

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The number 1 suggestion I have for network and 'net security is to have good password practices:
1) using long, random passwords, that are unique for every single site/service/account
2) storing them in an encrypted password manager and nowhere else  (1Password, LastPass, DashLane, etc.)
3) change the passwords once in a while
- change critical passwords (like banking/financial) on a quarterly basis
- any time someone leaves your company, change the codes that you know they had access to

If you don't have strong password practices as a starting point, all the security in the world is worthless.  And I can't tell you how many individuals and business I encounter who have lousy password habits and are making themselves vulnerable.

And if others in the organization are responsible for establishing new / changing passwords sometimes, you should audit their passwords, too.  I have seen many instances of the boss at a company pushing through my password practice recommendations to the staff, only to have the staff change the passwords back to something "easy" shortly thereafter.  (Of course using password managers should negate the need for 'easy' passwords, but some people are stubborn and minimize the threats/risks in their head and talk themselves out of the need for strong passwords.)

Chris Hart

    Computer Support & Technology Consulting

       for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts

           Tel: 860-291-9393

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 On 8/26/2014 7:48 AM, Rob Laporte wrote:



This leads me to a new but related topic and question: are there network and security experts on this list? If so, I think it would be good to hear from them, for all our sakes. A security audit of network and website properties should probably be higher on most of our todo lists than it is.

 Best Regards,

 Rob Laporte
 President and CEO
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 413-584-6500
 Fax – 413-553-0745
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