Rider1948
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join:2003-04-02
Arlington, VA
| Password manager
I am looking for a good password manager. I don't use the save password feature in either IE or Firefox because I don't trust their security. I have been using Linkstash for passwords for sites that I am not particularly concerned about. I would not use a password manager for important sites like banking. Linkstash has turned out to be unreliable. Sometimes it works perfectly, other times it won't enter the user name/password information at all (for the same site it worked perfectly on the day before), and sometimes it enters the username and password from a different site than the one I am on. I give up on it. While I don't use the password manager for high risk sites, I still would like to use manager that has strong security. I am reluctant to start downloading and trying a bunch of these programs because it seems like a good way to pick up some serious malware. Any recommendations of proven quality password managers? Thanks. |
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
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join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK |  Have you seen this?
»Software Forum Member Choice
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Mem
join:2002-01-03
USA | reply to Rider1948
Keepass is very good, »keepass.info/
and a previous thread....
»Password Manager |
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Tom Mc
join:2004-06-17 | reply to Rider1948
I'm a big fan of Password Safe: »passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ |
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
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join:2003-05-31 | reply to Rider1948
Another vote for KeePass. |
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Rider1948
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join:2003-04-02
Arlington, VA | reply to Rider1948
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check them out. |
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tempnexus
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join:1999-08-11
Boston, MA | reply to Rider1948
How secure is Roboform? |
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HA Nut
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join:2004-05-13
USA | reply to Rider1948
Here is a lengthy, very recent thread on password managers.
»Password Manager |
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ChrisJack
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join:2006-03-31
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KeePass
Another vote for KeePass!!
I have KeePass on a flash drive that use between work and home.
~~Chris
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Rider1948
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join:2003-04-02
Arlington, VA | reply to Rider1948
Re: Password manager
Thanks for the earlier thread. Interesting that I searched the forum for "password manager" (among other things) before posting and it didn't come up in the search. |
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PetePuma
How many lumps do you want
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join:2002-06-13
Arlington, VA
| reply to Tom Mc
seconded.
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Dryvlyne
Far Beyond Driven
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Newark, OH
1 edit | said by PetePuma  :seconded. Thirded.
I've tried Roboform before, but found it's interface to be overly complicated in comparison to Password Safe. Plus, Roboform only works inside of Web browsers. I have many applications that require a Username/Password and Password Safe handles them with ease.
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airshark
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join:2003-05-20
Hollister, CA | reply to Rider1948
KeePass rocks...been using it for several years now |
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Rider1948
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join:2003-04-02
Arlington, VA | reply to Tom Mc
Lots of votes for Keepass (also called Keepass Password Safe) and for Password Safe (from sourceforge). I understand that these are two completely different programs, right? |
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Khaine
join:2003-03-03
Australia
| said by Rider1948 :Lots of votes for Keepass (also called Keepass Password Safe) and for Password Safe (from sourceforge). I understand that these are two completely different programs, right? Yes they are.
The brilliant thing about keepass is that it allows you to use two factor authentication |
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deepblackmag
join:2004-12-27
00000 | reply to Rider1948
Download and install truecrypt. Create a highly encrypted small 100 meg file. Save passwords in text files. This is by far more secure than any password mgmt software out there. |
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Pentangle
With our thoughts we make the world.
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join:2006-06-01
Vancouver BC
 ·Shaw
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I switched from Brad Greenlee's PassKeeper 1.2 to Password Safe a couple of years ago and have never been disappointed. It's frequently updated and improved. Go with it. |
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ezdsl
join:2002-03-13
Austin, TX | reply to deepblackmag
Both truecrypt and keepass support AES/Rijndael and Twofish encryption ... but keepass supports auto launching URLs and auto completing userid/password ... one key advantage. |
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Bubba17
Less is More
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join:2006-09-21 | reply to Rider1948
Been using Roboform Pro for some number of years. It is an excellent password manager/generator .. and much more. |
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