The Blurst.com registration page tells me my (12-character) password is too long, while a string of 100 A's is OK. FFF is a fine password, but 777 is too long. What gives? (Somewhat long but delightfully pattern-y description follows) [more inside]
posted by Captain Cardanthian! on Oct 20, 2009 - 14 answers

Best practices for storing OracleDB/mysql/ldap/smtp/etc... system passwords for enterprise application integration use? [more inside]
posted by bottlebrushtree on Oct 8, 2009 - 9 answers

LinuxFilter : I seem to have lost sudo privileges in Ubuntu. How to fix please? [more inside]
posted by mannequito on Sep 20, 2009 - 8 answers

Help me synchronise my passwords across Windows, Mac and iPhone. Preferably without having to re-enter all my existing passwords. [more inside]
posted by snarfois on Jun 14, 2009 - 6 answers

What do you do with your passwords? [more inside]
posted by snowjoe on Mar 3, 2009 - 48 answers

What's the best way, once I tell a client I'm done with her, to protect myself from claims of unauthorized access or sabotage on the systems I configured for her? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 18, 2009 - 7 answers

I have a shiny new 4 GB USB drive, and I want to secure the information on it (bank info, passwords, etc). What's the best (free) way to do this? [more inside]
posted by Irontom on Jan 8, 2009 - 10 answers

Why do an increasing number of e-commerce sites force me to set up an account, including an e-mail address and a password, as part of the checkout process. [more inside]
posted by alms on Dec 27, 2008 - 20 answers

What should the password policy at a small liberal arts college be? [more inside]
posted by andythebean on Dec 17, 2008 - 47 answers

Today is my last day at my current job. How do I explain this to my office computer? [more inside]
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! on Aug 8, 2008 - 19 answers

What are your ethical opinions on supervisors knowing thier direct reports login information? [more inside]
posted by chrisfromthelc on Aug 6, 2008 - 32 answers

What do you do when you think you've been hacked, but don't know how? [more inside]
posted by studentbaker on Aug 5, 2008 - 18 answers

Is anyone aware of a password manager that will perform the following functions? [more inside]
posted by tcv on Mar 15, 2008 - 8 answers

Any advice for a tri-platform, multi-computer, maybe not hashed, password manager for a large volume of ftp/ssh/ and misc logins? [more inside]
posted by shownomercy on Jan 3, 2008 - 18 answers

I'm looking for an application for my mobile phone that will look after passwords and short text files. [more inside]
posted by chairish on Aug 3, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm looking to arrange a particular password setup with several unpaid staffers in my office. Here's the arrangement: 5-10 folks each day access one or more of ten online accounts that we communally use. I want to ut able to easily distribute the passwords and have the users be able to employ them without ever being able to see what it is. [more inside]
posted by ud-gb on Jul 9, 2007 - 11 answers

Need help bypassing password protection [more inside]
posted by cg2 on Jun 21, 2007 - 3 answers

I typically use Safari, and have my preferences set to store all of my passwords and user names in my Keychain.app. However when it starts acting up and giving me the spinning beach ball, I use Camino (v. 1.0.3.) When I try to log in to a website, it asks me for my user name and password - do I really have to fill in ALL those passwords and user names all over again? In other words, is there any way I can get Camino to access the passwords I saved using Safari? [more inside]
posted by invisible ink on Sep 19, 2006 - 6 answers

What is the point of using a salt when encrypting passwords in a web application? [more inside]
posted by chrismear on Aug 26, 2006 - 15 answers

I cannot remember my windows XP Pro password. I am an administrator. Need to install software and change to a dynamic ip address. [more inside]
posted by JohnnyGunn on Jun 21, 2006 - 9 answers

I want my browser to remember my password for a couple of sites, but it must assume that I don't want most of my passwords remembered. I hate browser popups that ask "Remember this password?" What's a good solution? I use Firefox on Windows.
posted by pornucopia on Apr 9, 2006 - 5 answers

PasswordFilter: Any places to store passwords online? [more inside]
posted by bkdelong on Mar 2, 2006 - 15 answers

Is there an "industry standard" for password expiration periods? [more inside]
posted by pzarquon on Feb 27, 2006 - 19 answers

How do I get a password out of Firefox and into Safari without some crazy encryption skills? [more inside]
posted by trey on Feb 9, 2006 - 7 answers

WebSecurityFilter: I'm looking for a PHP or CGI script which would redirect a user to their password protected folder when they enter their username and password. [more inside]
posted by DragonBoy on Dec 21, 2005 - 4 answers

Does it bother you to click on Yahoo! links and unexpectedly see your Yahoo! name on the screen because you prefer to store your Yahoo (enough with the exclamation point already) password in a cookie? [more inside]
posted by mono blanco on Dec 18, 2005 - 19 answers

Keychain probs with OS X...? [more inside]
posted by You Should See the Other Guy on Sep 24, 2005 - 9 answers

Password problem in Word 2000... [more inside]
posted by Savannah on Sep 21, 2005 - 4 answers

Let's say I wanted to create a simple web app to store my various usernames and passwords. The app and database would be hosted externally (by Dreamhost). I would use a secure connection for any HTTP stuff going back and forth, and I would encrypt all of the passwords before going into the db, and I can only extract and decrypt a password after entering a pass phrase that exists only in my brain. What would it take for someone else to get at my passwords? [more inside]
posted by patgas on Jul 12, 2005 - 9 answers

How do I transfer my saved passwords from Mozilla 1.7.1 to Firefox 1.0.1? The "Import" option under the File menu didn't work.
posted by punishinglemur on Mar 16, 2005 - 2 answers

I know I've seen the site before, but after repeated searching through Metafilter and Google, I still couln't find it. Where is the site that has community passwords so you don't need to register for many websites ranging from news sites to random sites.
Thanks and sorry if this is the wrong spot for this.
posted by Like the Reef on Jan 22, 2005 - 12 answers

I have kind of a n00b question here...I want to format my hd and reinstall everything. How do I save my autofill userids and passwords? I find it a pain when I reinstall IE (or now Firefox) and have to start all those logins from scratch.
posted by zardoz on Jan 20, 2005 - 8 answers

Wireless Mooching? Dishonest? Dangerous? Or what? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by wendell on Oct 25, 2004 - 28 answers

What the hell do you do about passwords? --> [more inside]
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Apr 16, 2004 - 36 answers

Double question: My XP Pro OS wont let me switch users anymore (5 account system), it will only let me log off. Second my brother got kicked from the computer and I forgot to get a password for administrator. Hes got his own password now. How do I reset the admin pass without using a linux boot disk?
posted by Keyser Soze on Mar 18, 2004 - 2 answers