[PLUG] Emaill passwd and username recovery

[Wil Cooley]

On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 11:35, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   With the Palm-OS PDAs I've used individual records in the various
> databases can be locked. Would passwords be adequately secured if you put
> the list of username/password in a locked memo? Then you'd need to remember
> only the one password to gain access to the others.
> 
>   We use something similar here on our PDAs to keep sensitive information
> private. Oh, ... this is not a troll, but a request for information and
> learning. I've no idea how secure a Palm OS password really is.

I wouldn't assume very.  I use Keyring on my Palm, which stores the
passwords encrypted with a password--so you really just need to remember
your Keyring password. 

http://gnukeyring.sourceforge.net/

Wil
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