Re: [PLUG] Server credential storage best practices

[Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com>]

Paul,

Can't always count on every client being able to decrypt things,
especially when you are bootstrapping a development environment
for a new client, so I typically send username (and explanatory text)
via e-mail and send the password via text message to their phone.

Sort of a poor man's multi-factor authentication.

--Fred
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On 4/15/12 5:34 PM, Paul Walker wrote:
> I work remotely for long and short term clients and find myself 
> storing a lot of account credentials (server, website, and other more 
> sensitive account information) on an osx laptop. I'm curious what 
> strategies and practices people employ for protecting this sort of 
> sensitive data. Is it paranoid to worry about transferring account 
> credentials via Gmail? SMS? Storing with google docs?
>
> Any thoughts appreciated!
>
> Paul
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