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If you have a bunch of passwords to keep track of, give KeePass Password Safe a try. KPS is a free password management program that allows you to categorize your passwords and a lot more. For instance, I keep track of my passwords for my bank, broker accounts, credit cards, social media sites, email accounts, web pages that require passwords and host of other passwords I use in my world of computing.
Here’s a screenshot of KeePass Password Safe:
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Here are some more screenshots from their website.
The program stores your passwords in a highly encrypted database. This database consists of only one file, so it can be easily transferred from one computer to another.
Remember my article on WordPress Plugins? Well, KPS also has plugins to make it even more feature-rich than it already is. Check them out here.
Actually, KeePass Password Safe has so many features that you probably won’t use them all. I like the time-out feature of KeePass, it locks itself after a period of non-use. It then places an icon in the lower-right hand corner of your Windows Taskbar ready to be used when necessary. Or you can just open it up when you need it and close it when you’re finished.
Here are some of KeePass’ features:
- Strong Security
- Multiple User Keys
- Protable and No Installation Required
- Export ot TXT, HTML, XML and CSV File
- Import From Many file Formats
- Easy Database Transfer
- Support of Password Groups
- Time Fields and Entry Attachments
- Auto-Type, Global Auto-Type Hot Key and Drag & Drop
- Intuitive and Secure Windows Clipboard Handling
- Searching and Sorting
- Multi-Language Support
- Strong Random Password Generator
- Plugin Architecture
- Open-Source! Which means it’s FREE!!
Read more about the features here.
Download KeePass Password Safe here.
[techtags: Password Security, Password Management Software, Free Software]
Got rid of KeePass b/c
1. couldn’t get it to automatically save p-words
2. Love RoboForms!
Nice post though.
Thanx neuronone. I’ll have to check out RoboForms.
Roboforms is the way to go. Not being open source is the only downside. It has saved me much time filling out forms and passwords. I will have to try KPS again and see what its about, but I think I had the same problem as neuronone. thanks for post,peace yall
Am i the only one who sees a massive flaw in this program? Instead of someone getting hold of say.. 1 password for my myspace or whatever, they can guess this one and get ALL my passwords!
I don’t see how this can be secured enough to warrant keeping all my passwords in one place!
Thanx for stopping by Dingo. This is one way to store passwords and I certainly understand your concern.
I don’t know if these scenarios will help but here goes…
When a person works at a company, they login to the network with one password and that allows them to have access to multiple secured resources. Each resource could even have its own password but some corporations store all those passwords in one place so when a user logs in, they don’t have to enter a password into every application they need to work with.
Likewise, you have one password to your home email that contains information you may or may not want people to see.
Another step I take, since I have a family is, I print out all the passwords and store them in a folder with other important documents called “When Bill Dies”. That folder is locked up in a fire-proof lock box with other important documents.
I know that might sound morbid to some, but since I’ve managed a parent’s death before I realized how valuable it is to provide the person who has to find all the information about the person who died.
The best defense is multiple levels of security. A password to get into your computer is one level. A password to get into your password program is one level. That’s why anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewalls, knowledge of social engineering (tricks to get people to reveal personal information) are good stuff to know about and implement.
It would be nice if KPS had the ability to assign one password to a group of passwords that are stored maybe in one file. Then you could accomplish multiple passwords into multiple files or areas/sections, for example. For some, that would be over management.
There’s not a perfect scenario or one solution. Everyone has to determine their level of security that makes them feel – secure.
This KPS was really amazing! like me I have a lot’s of accounts and I used to write it down in a notebook. And it looks funny because I’m always worried that someone might see it so i use to keep it in a place that i think no one will find it however I am still not secured, and i have another option when I’m going to put it in my cellphone, what if i lost it? And if in my computer what if it reformat accidentally? Now this KPS is answered to my problem.
I love KeePass! I’ve been using it for some time now and it makes logging in to different platforms convenient for me. And of course, the best thing about it is that everyone can use it because it’s free!