| Doug Stewart on 15 Apr 2012 15:22:07 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Server credential storage best practices |
For storage, I use a 1Password database stored on Dropbox. Credentials immediately synced across all my machines. -- Doug Stewart On Apr 15, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com> wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Fred Stluka -- mailto:fred@bristle.com -- http://bristle.com/~fred/ > Bristle Software, Inc -- http://bristle.com -- Glad to be of service! > Open Source: Without walls and fences, we need no Windows or Gates. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug