Color. PasswordMaker. From PasswordMaker mediawikimediawiki The Problem If you're like most people, you have a few passwords that you use over and over again on many different websites. You know this isn't secure, yet you do it anyway. Why? Because it's difficult to remember a unique password for each and every web site that requires one. Existing Solutions Maybe you do use unique passwords, and get around the problem of remembering them by storing them in a spreadsheet or other file. Our Solution PasswordMaker solves all of these issues. How It Works Warning - technical jargon in this section!
You provide PasswordMaker two pieces of information: a "master password" -- that one, single password you like -- and the URL of the website requiring a password. What About Portability? Old Site The old PasswordMaker website can be found here. Paj's Home: Cryptography: JavaScript MD5: Other Uses. Password Generation A password generator creates a unique password for each web site you use. To use it, you go to the password generator page, and enter your master password, and the URL of the web site. The password generator combines these, usually using a hash algorithm, producing a unique password for the site. While password generators are a good idea, they are inconvenient to use, so most people continue to use the same password on all web sites.
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