How to create and maintain secure passwords

Every person actively uses multiple web services, sooner or later faces the problem of storing passwords. Use all the same password is contrary to safety rules, and to remember for each service a unique strong password is simply not possible.

In this case, the user starts to select the right solution, designed to provide secure data storage and facilitate the use of passwords. Someone uses the built-in browser means, others set special programs - password managers, and others - use the online services. Today I want to introduce you to another way of password management, which takes a few special position among the known solutions.

Supergenpass - a special bookmarkletWhich is installed in Firefox, Safari, Opera or IE, and serves to generate secure passwords. Creating passwords is based on the master password and website address for which you created it. Thus, you only have to remember only one master password, all other passwords are not stored anywhere and generated at your request based on the website address.

Let's look at a quick example. You have already installed the bookmarklet Supergenpass in your browser and now, let's say you need to create an account on the popular sports website Endomondo. To do this, fill out a standard form containing the email address and password. When it comes to entering the password we click a bookmarklet Supergenpass and enter the master password. On the basis of this password and website address, the script generates a unique password for the service and introduces the required fields.

On the picture: 1 - registration form; 2 - Supergenpass; 3 - generated password; 4 - the master password.

Once you have registered for the service, to enter you just click the bookmarklet and enter your master password. Supergenpass again generates a password for the site and possibly introduce in the required fields. Thus, thanks to this bookmarklet for each site will generate a unique complex passwords that do not need to keep in mind - enough to remember only one master code.

In such a method, there are certainly both followers and opponents. The advantages include the ease and convenience of use, no need to store the password on the local machine or online service. Opponents, in spite of the solemn assurances developers reliability and powerful encryption algorithms, certainly point to possible vulnerabilities. I personally think that Supergenpass may well be used for password management, in addition to access to your mission-critical, such as financial information. What do you think?

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