Password keeping software?

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

Wondering if anyone has any advise or thoughts about this.. I know of 2 different "free" applications that both claim to be secure and able to store passwords/usernames in such a manner that should be "safe" from hacking..

Just curious about people's experiences with either, or what (if either) they would suggest using.. if one wanted to use a program to store passwords on a computer..

KeePass Password Safe - http://keepass.info/index.html

Password Safe - http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/index.shtml

Thanx in advance to any/all replies, thoughts, suggestions

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

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Tarun sez Keepass.

Anon-e-mouse

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

@ Home

League Of Friends [LOF]

R/Mo

Yeap, I've been using Keepass.

It's a nice piece of software, it'll also create random passwords if you don't quite feel upto the task.

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

hmm, from what I've read Password safe also can generate random passwords if you want it to.

Keepass (really, really bad name) does seem to get updated more often - can be a bad or good thing.

Any specific reason for Keepass over Password Safe? How's the encryption between them both? In the end.. that's probably the main point - how do they stack up against each other for securability of passwords? And yes i know usability, look, etc does count as well.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

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I gave up on password programs when I couldn't remember the password to get into it.

Now I just keep them on a notepad txt file with an innocuous name.

Snograt

Snograt

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Join Date: Jan 2006

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"Never Too Old", eh?

...but I do exactly the same thing.

Flinte

Flinte

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Detroit Metro

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See if Lastpass fills your needs.

http://lastpass.com/

Steve Gibson reviewed it on Security Now (http://twit.tv) podcast and gave it a glowing review after going into cryptographic detail on why its so good.

http://twit.tv/sn256

btw, hey Darcy how have you been!