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[Nathaniel Hall]

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Robin Laing wrote:
| Nathaniel Hall wrote:
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|> Tony Dietrich wrote:
|> | On Friday 18 Feb 2005 16:36, Nathaniel Hall wrote:
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|> | Nathaniel
|> |
|> | I have a feeling you aren't thinking straight, or are describing your
|> problem
|> | incorrectly.
|> |
|> | What do you mean by passwords?
|> | System passwords are normally encrypted using one-way algorithms .. so
|> there
|> | is no way to decrypt them.  So the second part of your problem just
|> isn't
|> | relevant.
|> | If you are talking about PGP (or similar) encryption, then yes, this is
|> | possible in perl, if you have the right perl modules installed.
|> |
|> I want to be able to store passwords for lookup, not system passwords.
|> Similar to many programs available for Windows and Yaps on Palm.  You
|> enter in usernames and passwords.  They are stored securely until you
|> input the correct password to unlock those.
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| I haven't followed this whole thread but if you are going to access
| passwords via the web, use the password manager built into Mozilla (And
| probably firefox).   Under Tools Password manager.
|
|
This is not to save passwords for websites.  It is to store very secret
passwords (i.e. root or administrator) very safely.  I can keep it
internal, but I do not want just anybody to be able to decrypt the
passwords, only people I specify by encrypting with their public key.

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Nathaniel Hall, GSEC
Intrusion Detection and Firewall Technician
Ozarks Technical Community College -- Office of Computer Networking

halln at otc.edu
417-447-7535
GPG Public Key ID: 0xAC187312
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