A 1Password Briefing to the Oakville Amateur Radio Club

1. Introduction to
1Password for Mac
Rod Hardman,
Oakville Amateur
Radio Club
Feb 2015

2. Outline
• Why password managers are important
• Techniques for creating strong passwords
• Introduction to 1Password for Mac
• A fearless Demo
• Your questions

3. Why password
managers are important

13. a great source

14. Step One:
Use Strong,
Unique
Passwords
for
EACH
Site

15. Your (Master) Password
should be:
• Unique
• Easy to remember

18. Diceware passwords
http://xkcd.com/936/

19. Why I love 1Password

20. Multi Platform Support, 1 Vault

21. • Tamper-proof Authenticated Encryption
• AES-256 using Encrypt-then-MAC
• Decrypted data is never written to disk
• GPU resistant PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA512

22. Share a Vault with Family,
Friends… Or your Radio Club!

23. Browser Plug Ins
Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera

24. Strong Password Generator

25. Don't stop with Logins…
1Password can store lots of
sensitive “Stuff”

26. Where do I begin?
• Clean up your Bookmarks
• Sort out the sites you actually use / Log into
• Buy and Install 1Password
• Set up a GOOD master password
• Systematically go to all of your important
sites and update your password

27. a fearless demo

28. Thanks for
listening!
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• User Guides: guides.agilebits.com
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