svn commit: r320986 - in head/finance: . electrum electrum/files

[Eitan Adler]

On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Remko Lodder <remko at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Jun 15, 2013, at 1:29 PM, Ruslan Makhmatkhanov <rm at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> Author: rm
>> Date: Sat Jun 15 11:29:10 2013
>> New Revision: 320986
>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/320986
>>
>> Log:
>>  Electrum is an easy to use Bitcoin client. It protects you from
>>  losing coins in a backup mistake or computer failure, because your
>>  wallet can be recovered from a secret phrase that you can write on
>>  paper or learn by heart. There is no waiting time when you start
>
>
> It's ofcourse bad practise to write down your passphrase! Please do not
> advertise that kind of behaviour.

I disagree with this:  storing a longer, more random passphrase in
one's wallet is far better than picking a short memorable passphrase.

We should be encouraging more use of password managers and/or writing
down of passwords.

Others who agree:

http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-security-guru-Jot-down-your-passwords/2100-7355_3-5716590.html
Bruce Schneier
Per Thorsheim.
Sean Sullivan from F-Secure

I'm sure I could find more names.  These are from my last conversation
on the subject.

-- 
Eitan Adler
Source, Ports, Doc committer
Bugmeister, Ports Security teams