Why not come up with an algoritm instead of writing them down? ________________________________ From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:13 AM To: stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Stankus, Paula G; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Security audit of Oracle databases On 4/11/05, stephen booth <stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: All important passwords should be recorded and stored somewhere safe (a piece of paper in an offsite secure location (e.g. where you keep your disaster recovery backups). BTW, of those 5 examples of why a DBA I will disagree with storing passwords on paper. It is extremely cumbersome and quite unworkable. We tried it, it doesn't work. There are a few commercial password safes available, some appear quite good, and allow limited access and auditing of password usage. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist ________________________________ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 29303289) is spam: Spam <https://dohsmsi01.doh.state.fl.us/canit/b.php?c=s&i=29303289&m=db542bb9 3a69> Not spam <https://dohsmsi01.doh.state.fl.us/canit/b.php?c=n&i=29303289&m=db542bb9 3a69> Forget previous vote <https://dohsmsi01.doh.state.fl.us/canit/b.php?c=f&i=29303289&m=db542bb9 3a69> -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l