What is the point of the NM keyring?

g geleem at bellsouth.net
Mon Jul 21 02:09:59 UTC 2008


Timothy Murphy wrote:
> That I don't understand.
> Surely if I forget a password it ceases to be of much value to me?
> I guess I could write them all down and keep them at home.

better to carry with you. in your head is better.

> I prefer to use some encryption method I can understand.

encryption for a password? even more hard to remember. see my reply to
other post in this thread.

> I still find the keyring used by NM a pointless nuisance, though.
> I just want to get connected without any action on my part.

laziness is not security.

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tc,hago.

g
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in a free world without fences, who needs gates.




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