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Re: command line password manager

From John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: command line password manager
Date 2019-07-27 01:44 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <qhga97$nlp$2@reader2.panix.com> (permalink)
References <eli$1907261447@qaz.wtf>

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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
> <snip>
> But recently I've been doing some work that requires me to enter
> passwords over and over and it's made me think about how this
> could be made more friendly to my workflow methods.
> <snip>

Isn't >>that<< the real problem? ... i.e., "enter passwords over
and over" (in cleartext) is itself a vulnerability for various
kinds of attacks. So that's the aspect of your workflow which
really should be changed in some way. And then a password manager
is moot.
-- 
John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j@f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )

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command line password manager Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-07-26 19:21 +0000
  Re: command line password manager Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-07-26 20:36 +0000
    Re: command line password manager Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-07-26 22:07 +0000
  Re: command line password manager John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2019-07-27 01:44 +0000
    Re: command line password manager Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-07-27 06:11 +0000
      Re: command line password manager Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-07-27 15:18 +0000

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