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

[Robin]

I second the recommendation for RoboForm. I mostly use it on one work PC
and one home PC so I usually just manually copy between the two, but
I've also used the portable version with complete success. After X years
on the internet I can't even remember all the accounts I have on
different systems, never mind all the passwords....!

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jason Kneip
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 12:33 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Cc: Nina.McHale at ucdenver.edu
Subject: [Web4lib] RE: storing resource passwords, i.e., the Chronicle

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

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[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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