[Web4lib] RE: storing resource passwords, i.e., the Chronicle

[Jason Kneip]

Nina,

I have the same problem as well. Too many passwords that I cannot possible remember and do not want to write them down on a crib sheet because I'll probably throw it out by accident.

I've been using a program for the past year called RoboForm2Go. RoboForm2Go runs off any flash drive that comes with the U3 software pre-installed. The software will save the login name, password and URL of the password-protected site. This means logging into any or all your password-protected sites becomes a one-click process. It encrypts your data so that it cannot be hacked, and you can set up a master password to ensure that no one else can access your passwords should you lose your flash drive. RoboForm2Go is really helpful if you work on multiple computers in the course of a day and need access to your passwords.

There is a free version of RoboForm2Go which lets you store up to 10 passwords, and a paid version which allows unlimited passwords.

BTW-you'll know if a flash drive has U3 pre-installed because whenever you plug it into a computer, it takes a couple seconds and then an icon will appear on your screen. There is another version of this software simply called RoboForm which you can install locally on your PC if you aren't a big flash drive user.

Email me directly if you have any questions.


Jason Kneip
Archives and Special Collections Librarian
Auburn University Montgomery
Ph: 334-244-3213

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Peter van Rees
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:09 AM
To: McHale, Nina
Cc: Pan, Denise; 'web4lib at webjunction.org'
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] RE: storing resource passwords, i.e., the Chronicle

If you are using Ezproxy, you'll find documentation on
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/ezproxy/db/chronicle.htm
Hope this helps, peter


Walker, David schreef:
> It's been awhile since I last admined EZProxy, but at the time we used EZProxy itself to store and automatically submit our institutional username and password for the Chronicle of Higher Education.  It has a couple options along those lines, I think, for HTTP POST-ing usernames and passwords.
>
> Not every site worked with EZProxy in that way.  For the rest, we just stuck them behind a password protected part of our library site.
>
> --Dave
>
> ==================
> David Walker
> Library Web Services Manager
> California State University
> http://xerxes.calstate.edu
> ________________________________________
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of McHale, Nina [Nina.McHale at ucdenver.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:48 AM
> To: 'web4lib at webjunction.org'
> Cc: Pan, Denise
> Subject: [Web4lib] storing resource passwords, i.e., the Chronicle
>
> Hi, all,
>
> How do you all store/display those annoying passwords for resources like the Chronicle and other things that, for whatever reason, can't go through the proxy server? We have a whole bunch of static web pages-one for each resource-that contain this info. The user finds the title for the Chronicle (or whatever resource they want) in the catalog, clicks the link to access the resource, and then is routed to the static (but proxy-protected) web page that contains the resource's access info. From that point, there's another link to get to the resource.
>
> I know one of you clever people has figured out a kewl way to manage this info...
>
> Nina
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