[Chapter-delegates] [DNB] LinkedIn investigating reports that 6.46 million hashed passwords have leaked online (fwd)

[Marcin Cieslak]

On Thu, 6 Jun 2012, Veni Markovski wrote:

> Thank you, Lucy.
> 
> And in case some of you have used the same password somewhere else, make sure
> you change that one, too. If you cannot remember all different passwords /
> logins, try using some software, like 1password (unless it also has issues -
> Marcin, others?). More here:
> http://mashable.com/2012/06/06/linkedin-password-check/

I am using a "pwgen" program to generate gibberish passwords like this:

(echo username && pwgen -s 14 1) | gpg -r saper at saper.info -e > website.com.gpg

and then I decrypt them when I need them.

http://people.rit.edu/rpsfa/distfiles/pwgen-1.15.tar.gz

//Marcin