We all have passwords for something or the other; more so in today's world. Currently, I have the following passwords:
Additionally, all systems have different password expiration policy - my corporate systems have an 8 digit password, which should contain numbers and letters in lower and uppercase, expire every 2 months, and the password cannot be same as last 3 passwords. No kidding! Compared to that, the online systems are faily forgiving - you can have the same password all your life for say, hotmail, and it won't complain!
I haven't tried any password management systems yet, but I'm happy to take recommendations. My current mechanism is to "memorize" all passwords :-)
- Gmail and hotmail accounts, and for Yahoo Flickr account
- The AT&T VPN client to login to the corporate work network
- Lotus notes passwords to log into ..well Notes, to view email
- Corporate Intranet
- SameTime for corporate instant messaging (which is thankfully the same as the Corporate Intranet password)
- Online banking
- Login to my backup NAS drive at home
- Login to the corporate backup systems
- Login to my blackberry
Additionally, all systems have different password expiration policy - my corporate systems have an 8 digit password, which should contain numbers and letters in lower and uppercase, expire every 2 months, and the password cannot be same as last 3 passwords. No kidding! Compared to that, the online systems are faily forgiving - you can have the same password all your life for say, hotmail, and it won't complain!
I haven't tried any password management systems yet, but I'm happy to take recommendations. My current mechanism is to "memorize" all passwords :-)
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