Timeline for Good (manual) system to come up with passwords for a wide range of requirements
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| Sep 5, 2016 at 1:28 | comment | added | David Andersson | Manuel Blum's method security.stackexchange.com/questions/1222/… satisfies your constraints 3, 4 & 5 better than most other methods, but may not satisfy some of the other constraints without tweaking. | |
| Aug 31, 2016 at 17:32 | comment | added | David Andersson | You want to remember one secret and method that generates all passwords? But constraints may be conflicting. One site >8 chars, no punctuation. Another site <=8 chars, punctuation required. If a site requires passwords to be changed, you'd have to remember a time or a change count. You end up having to remember different secrets for different sites anyway. | |
| Aug 10, 2016 at 5:07 | answer | added | Ben | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 9, 2016 at 7:47 | answer | added | user400344 | timeline score: -1 | |
| Aug 9, 2016 at 6:26 | answer | added | pppp | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 15:10 | answer | added | Ben | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 14:40 | answer | added | Selenog | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:47 | comment | added | Dennis Jaheruddin | @potAito It was already mentioned in an earlier comment, but have now included it in the question as well to make it more clear. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:46 | history | edited | Dennis Jaheruddin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:45 | comment | added | Potaito | Ah, the last 5 words made it clear. Maybe you should include that in your question, or more people will ask ;) | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:44 | comment | added | Dennis Jaheruddin | @potAito I am not worried about the quality of password managers, and understand that their use would make this question trivial. However I am looking for an answer that does not require them because you may not be able to conveniently use them everywhere. For instance when it is not allowed to access the internet, install programs, or bring your own device. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:27 | comment | added | Potaito | I am not sure why you disqualify password-managers. Can you elaborate on that? Maybe there are workarounds. For instance, KeePass is a very strong password manager and also runs on smartphones. So you get to carry your encrypted database with you and don't need to plug anything into the local machine you are working on. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 12:02 | answer | added | Christian Foster | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 10:54 | comment | added | Dennis Jaheruddin | @SergeBallesta That is very good to know, in many situations working with a password manager like this could be an outcome. -- I will still keep this question open as not all environments allow auxiliary devices and as showing the password in plaintext is also not always desirable. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 10:28 | comment | added | Serge Ballesta | Password managers can come with a password generator, and live in a simple smartphone. I use KeyPass this way and manually copy the password when I am asked for it. It meets all the requirements provided you accept to use an auxilliary device to help you to remember your passwords. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 10:01 | history | edited | Dennis Jaheruddin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2016 at 9:53 | history | asked | Dennis Jaheruddin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |