[ILUG] Password management

[Thomas Bridge]

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 John_White at dell.com wrote:

> What about the Star Trek approach . . . . 
 
> A sensitive piece of data is protected by 5 passwords,
> any 3 of which will allow access.
 
> Anyone know of a real world implementation of this ?

Well I wouldn't use Star Trek as a security model - their security is so
bad that it is clear it is based on Windows 95 (definitely not even NT)
type technology. [1]

What I would suggest is sealing the envelopes and then handing them to a
solicitor or bank for holding - to be opened only in the event of a
serious accident.

Don't simply put them in the boss's safe unless you want the boss's
secretary to have root on your machine.

T.

[1] I will discuss this if required.

-- 
Thomas Bridge		Senior Hostmaster/Sysadmin, VIA NET.WORKS Ireland.
thomas.bridge at via-net-works.ie
"Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies
the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry
penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more
careful about what they say if they had." - Linus Torvalds