Editing Password (section)

=== Writing down passwords on paper ===

Historically, multiple security experts asked people to memorize their passwords: "Never write down a password". More recently, multiple security experts such as [[Bruce Schneier]] recommend that people use passwords that are too complicated to memorize, write them down on paper, and keep them in a wallet.<ref>
[http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0105.html#8 Bruce Schneier : Crypto-Gram Newsletter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115145148/http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0105.html |date=15 November 2011 }} 15 May 2001
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[https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/librarydocuments/viewdocument?DocumentKey=762c7cbd-bc00-44b1-8d35-cf42bc7fe2e9&CommunityKey=1ecf5f55-9545-44d6-b0f4-4e4a7f5f5e68&tab=librarydocuments "Ten Windows Password Myths"] : Myth #7. You Should Never Write Down Your Password
</ref><ref>Kotadia, Munir (23 May 2005) [http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-security-guru-Jot-down-your-passwords/2100-7355_3-5716590.html?tag=nefd.ac Microsoft security guru: Jot down your passwords]. News.cnet.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-20.</ref><ref>
[http://www.cryptosmith.com/sanity/pwdilemma.html "The Strong Password Dilemma"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718174309/http://www.cryptosmith.com/sanity/pwdilemma.html |date=18 July 2010 }} by Richard E. Smith: "we can summarize classical password selection rules as follows:
The password must be impossible to remember and never written down."
</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burtleburtle.net/bob/crypto/password.html |title=Choosing Random Passwords |author=Bob Jenkins |date=11 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918155208/http://burtleburtle.net/bob/crypto/password.html |archive-date=18 September 2010 }}</ref><ref>
[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/TechReports/UCAM-CL-TR-500.pdf "The Memorability and Security of Passwords – Some Empirical Results"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219012636/http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-500.pdf |date=19 February 2011 }} (pdf)
: "your password ... in a secure place, such as the back of your wallet or purse."
</ref><ref>[http://world.std.com/~reinhold/dicewarefaq.html#writeitdown "Should I write down my passphrase?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217200722/http://world.std.com/~reinhold/dicewarefaq.html |date=17 February 2009 }}. World.std.com. Retrieved on 20 May 2012.</ref>

[[Password manager]] software can also store passwords relatively safely, in an encrypted file sealed with a single master password.