Filed under: Internet, Security
UsableLogin will generate per-site passwords, PwdHash already does
Usable Security Systems is working on a new service that will help you generated secure passwords for each site you visit without having to remember them all. The company made a presentation at the DEMO conference this week and announced that UsableLogin will be available early next year.The system basically lets you use the same password over and over to register and login to different web sites. Odds are you do that now, but it's not very secure. What UsableLogin does is combine the password you enter with random information which will be different for every web site you visit. The password is stored on your computer (probably via the web browser) and not on Usable Security's servers.
It all sounds pretty cool and innovative. But it turns out that there's already a free Firefox plugin that does pretty much the same thing. PwdHash will automatically make a strong password for you any time you start a password with the symbols @@. Or you can just hit F2 when you're visiting any page with a password box and PwdHash will kick into gear.
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Peter said 6:20PM on 9-09-2008
The excellent PasswordMaker does all this and more.
http://passwordmaker.org/
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Michael K Pate said 8:18AM on 9-10-2008
I have been using the http://www.supergenpass.com/ bookmarklet on both Firefox and Chrome of late and that works pretty well for me.
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Matt said 11:54AM on 9-10-2008
I've been using LastPass (http://www.lastpass.com) and like it so far.
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josh said 7:35PM on 9-10-2008
I've been using the Password Composer greasemonkey script for this for two or three years.
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Marco said 9:03PM on 9-10-2008
It’s very nice, but...
What if I am somewhere else and not on my own computer? No way to access my mail account?
Useless... isn’t it?
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Peter said 10:57PM on 9-10-2008
That's what great about PasswordMaker. There is a web-based generator so you can use it away from your main machine.