Password Strategy Advice

I am considering a new password strategy and would like some advice.
Recognizing that longer, more complex passwords provide better
protection, I use long passwords with numbers and symbols, as well as
upper and lower case letters. It would be more convenient for me to
keep these passwords in a Word Document so that I could simply
copy-and-paste them into the various sites as necessary. This Word
Document would then be protected with a single, easier to remember
password.
I am wondering if this is a reasonable strategy. Is it too risky to
have these passwords on a Word Document? I am the only one with access
to my PC. It is in my home and not connected to a network. It is,
however, connected to the internet most of the day.


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Don100

Don100 wrote:

>
> I am considering a new password strategy and would like some advice.
> Recognizing that longer, more complex passwords provide better
> protection, I use long passwords with numbers and symbols, as well as
> upper and lower case letters. It would be more convenient for me to
> keep these passwords in a Word Document so that I could simply
> copy-and-paste them into the various sites as necessary. This Word
> Document would then be protected with a single, easier to remember
> password.
> I am wondering if this is a reasonable strategy. Is it too risky to
> have these passwords on a Word Document? I am the only one with access
> to my PC. It is in my home and not connected to a network. It is,
> however, connected to the internet most of the day.

You are better off keeping your passwords in one of the free encrypted
password manager programs instead. I wrote a brief article about this very
subject for my clients in March. Here is a link to the information, which
also has links to free password programs:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#3-28-09

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Use this!

Password Safe: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

Download pwsafe-3.17.msifile from here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=677301

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Don100" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I am considering a new password strategy and would like some advice.
> Recognizing that longer, more complex passwords provide better
> protection, I use long passwords with numbers and symbols, as well as
> upper and lower case letters. It would be more convenient for me to
> keep these passwords in a Word Document so that I could simply
> copy-and-paste them into the various sites as necessary. This Word
> Document would then be protected with a single, easier to remember
> password.
> I am wondering if this is a reasonable strategy. Is it too risky to
> have these passwords on a Word Document? I am the only one with access
> to my PC. It is in my home and not connected to a network. It is,
> however, connected to the internet most of the day.
>
>
> --
> Don100

I use and really like Roboform, but it is not free. I previously used Alpass
and liked it as well but it doesn't work with IE8 yet (it is free).
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Paul


"Don100" wrote:

>
> I am considering a new password strategy and would like some advice.
> Recognizing that longer, more complex passwords provide better
> protection, I use long passwords with numbers and symbols, as well as
> upper and lower case letters. It would be more convenient for me to
> keep these passwords in a Word Document so that I could simply
> copy-and-paste them into the various sites as necessary. This Word
> Document would then be protected with a single, easier to remember
> password.
> I am wondering if this is a reasonable strategy. Is it too risky to
> have these passwords on a Word Document? I am the only one with access
> to my PC. It is in my home and not connected to a network. It is,
> however, connected to the internet most of the day.
>
>
> --
> Don100
>