[TriLUG] Securely and Accurately transmit passwords

[Jim Ray]

Check out this program that we use:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/keepass/

Very compact and encrypted.

Regards,
 
Jim
 
Jim Ray, President
Neuse River Networks
tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772
http://www.NeuseRiverNetworks.com
 
Connecting You to the World since 1997
 
Specializing in the design, sales, installation, and support of today's
technology for small to mid-sized markets, we also focus on both
commercial and industrial networks for PCs and phones. Now in our tenth
year, the company began with deploying video, voice and data
communications systems in the Triangle region, which we continue to do
today. 


-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Knowles
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:18 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: [TriLUG] Securely and Accurately transmit passwords

Seeking advice, anecdotes, ideas...

Here's my situation.  I have a pool of 20+ people that are off-site.

I occasionally have need of communicating to them system password
changes.

In the past, we've sent them cards with the passwords printed on them,
with admonishments to destroy cards after the item has been committed to
memory.  

Recently we've started seeing that they've taken these cards, taped them
into their laptops in plain sight.  (And occasionally annotated them
with much too much information as to what that password would buy you.)

Since the passwords are complex, phone conversations tend to lead to a
lot of phonetic spelling and shouting.  

Since the some of users have POP accounts for their e-mail I don't want
to use e-mail as a secure method of sending them passwords..

So, what do *you* use for password distribution?

CJK