RE: Passwords On Paper

From: Christopher Vittek (c.vittek@home.com)
Date: 12/21/01 

From: "Christopher Vittek" <c.vittek@home.com>
To: "Bonner, Jon" <Jon.Bonner@k12.sd.us>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:41:36 -0500

Use tampered Proof envelopes

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Bonner, Jon [mailto:Jon.Bonner@k12.sd.us]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 6:04 PM
To: 'security-basics@securityfocus.com'
Subject: RE: Passwords On Paper

How do you ensure that it is the proper envelope? What I mean is, what's to
stop someone from opening the envelope and gaining the passwords, and then
resealing the passwords in a duplicate envelope? (Or have I read too many
Tom Clancy novels...)

Jon Bonner

-----Original Message-----
From: John Morris [mailto:bishop@nerdality.com]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 9:58 PM
To: gminick; security-basics
Subject: Re: Passwords On Paper

6. All the important (router/server/firewall/switch/other) passwords are
stored in a fireproof safe in a sealed envelope, in the event of a
sysadmin's death/???.
When passwords are changed, so is the envelope, in addition to first being
verified as being the correct ones (some people use passwords as a job
security measure, which is lame).

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