Secure Password Management Articles
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Administrative Tasks
Common Tasks
FYI
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No. Nope. Absolutely not.
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Staff, faculty, students, affiliates, and Sponsored NetIDs are eligible for accounts. Alumni and retirees are not eligible.
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The Cornell Enterprise LastPass account created for you will use your NetID address, so you will sign in to LastPass using your NetID address, not your alias address. You will complete two-...
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Cornell's Secure Password Management service allows administrators to share sensitive information, such as passwords. On February 1, 2018, the former product, PMP, was taken offline...
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What happens if I have already set up a personal LastPass account using my Cornell email address? If you have, at some point in the past, created a personal LastPass account using your...
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If you choose to use Cornell's Enterprise LastPass service, we require that your account be secured with Duo, Cornell's two-step login service. Faculty and staff also use Duo for access to...
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When you leave Cornell, your account will be converted to a free, personal account. All the site information you have saved will be retained. Of course, credentials you used to access some Cornell...
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If you spend time online (and look, you're online right now!), you probably have dozens or hundreds of accounts at various websites. We recommend that you use strong,...
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If you re-use a password on multiple accounts, even if your password is long and complicated, all it takes is one account getting compromised to make all your other accounts vulnerable...
Setup
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You can have LastPass prompt you to log in when you open your browser. To enable/disable this feature, Click the LastPass icon in your browser's toolbar, then click...
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These steps explain how to get started with Cornell's password management service, LastPass.
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Whenever you sign up for an account on a new website, you are asked to create a password for that site. A very important security principle is that you should use a different password on every...
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LastPass can import passwords saved in your browser's password manager, other password manager products, or files exported from other sources. Click the LastPass icon in your browser's...
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This link will take you to the LastPass Browser Install page. The big red Quick Install button at the top of the page will install the extension for your current browser. Please click it. We...
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Many people already have free, personal LastPass accounts associated with an external email address. During the process of activating your Cornell Enterprise LastPass account, you will be...
Troubleshooting
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This article assumes you have signed up for a Cornell LastPass account. LastPass (the company) does NOT have access to your Master Password, so they cannot send it to you or reset it...
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Occasionally, when you try to sign in to the LastPass browser extension, the process will not complete, usually failing before you are asked to provide your two-factor authentication. You are left...
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User Experience Many Cornell services are accessed by logging in with your NetID and password. But other services (Lyris E-list manager, Bomgar, etc.) have their own password systems....
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Don't panic.
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In general, users have found that Chrome, Firefox, and Safari work better with LastPass than Internet Explorer and Edge. While some users have reported no problems, others have had trouble...
Use LastPass
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A summary of Cornell and vendor documentation
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The information here applies to both the native, manual Shared Folder feature and the CornellAD-enhanced, synchronized Shared Folder feature. You must create a shared folder before you can...
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The information here applies to both the native, manual Shared Folder feature and the CornellAD-enhanced, synchronized Shared Folder feature. To convert an existing folder into a shared...
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You will not be able to activate your LastPass account unless you have two-step login enabled for your NetID. When you have the LastPass extension installed in your browser,...
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You have the option of organizing the login information for various sites into LastPass Vaults (these appear as a series of nested folders) to make it easier to maintain. Users who save...
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This page is only for people with a working understanding of CornellAD. If that is not you, either find a technical support person for your area, or use our manual Shared Folder articles....
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Your Cornell LastPass Enterprise account includes a feature called Shared Folders, which you can use to share authentication information with other people at Cornell. For example, if everyone in...
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