Comments on: Airbears login script http://thefire.us/archives/255 Projecting Opacity Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://thefire.us/archives/255#comment-103 Paul Tue, 05 May 2009 20:03:35 +0000 http://thefire.us/?p=255#comment-103 It depends on how secure you keep your machine. If you allow others unsupervised access to your desktop, or are not certain of the network security on your machine, or have an unencrypted hard drive, then no of course not. If, however, you keep your desktop locked down, set appropriate permissions for the file, are careful with your passwords, run an encrypted disk, and are generally aware, it's not worse than storing passwords in firefox. That said, it would be extremely awesome to have some more rational form of authentication with the network... How about SSH keys? It depends on how secure you keep your machine. If you allow others unsupervised access to your desktop, or are not certain of the network security on your machine, or have an unencrypted hard drive, then no of course not.

If, however, you keep your desktop locked down, set appropriate permissions for the file, are careful with your passwords, run an encrypted disk, and are generally aware, it’s not worse than storing passwords in firefox.

That said, it would be extremely awesome to have some more rational form of authentication with the network… How about SSH keys?

]]> By: gobears http://thefire.us/archives/255#comment-102 gobears Tue, 05 May 2009 19:56:15 +0000 http://thefire.us/?p=255#comment-102 is storing your login in plain text such a good idea? is storing your login in plain text such a good idea?

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