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		jonknee on June 6, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hetzner Servers Compromised Shouldn't all your servers have different passwords? How do you manage the passwords in case you're not available when the server reboots?

FooBarWidget on June 6, 2013 [–]

Have two people know all the passwords. Let each of them encrypt this list of passwords with a password only they individually know. Sync passwords each time someone changes something.

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