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Admin Password Management

  • 15-11-2010 3:36pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭


    What do you use for managing your admin passwords?

    By managing I mean keeping a list somewhere or something like that.

    I want to implement some sort of secured centralised location but am not sure of the best way to go about it. An encrypted excel file maybe?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Dont keep them online.

    Put them in a big ass safe or something.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭lazygit


    if you must keep them on an online system..

    http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭axer


    Im not too bothered about them being online or anything. I am just wondering how other places do it when a number of people need password access or in case I get run over by a car and others need to get the passwords and also so passwords are not forgotten etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,464 ✭✭✭jamesd


    In a sealed envelope in a safe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭qwertz


    Depends on your security requirements.

    One example: Two books. One red, one blue (colours may be changed). One has the passwords, the other the account names. Different people "own" the books. Never keep the books together.

    To make it even more secure: Page one entry one in book red does not correspond to the same page/entry of book blue. Use a simple formula that everybody can remember but is a pain in the back to guess :)

    Want even more security? Add a third book. We used that in the military.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,813 ✭✭✭BaconZombie


    I am planning on moving from an evil "passworded" excel document to a KeePass shared DB.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Static M.e.


    KeePass Password Safe

    + Physical Safe


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Captain Commie


    when worked in the hosting industry we used EzeeLogin tho it is only really of use when using linux servers as it actually logs you in to the server with whatever rights you should have, and provides full logging


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19 johnallen


    Have had them on paper in safes anywhere I have worked, we had an in-house developed secure password system on a server (and a stand-by) with all of our customer root passwords etc. When we couldn't reach the U.S. data center due to a network issue we had no passwords for UK/Irish customers. If they are important passwords that cannot be reset while the server is in production you have to have them on paper.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭axer


    I think KeePass Password Safe + Physical Safe is the route I will take then.

    Thanks for all the advice.


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