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Is there a FREE program to store my website logins on my Laptop ?
 
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I use RoboForm. The first ten passwords are free.
 
Keepass, with the database kept in dropbox folder so its accessible from anywhere.
 
neil_g said:
Keepass.

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Originally Posted by DemiLion
Just use a locked spreadsheet.
Eww unsecure
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Yep - there are a few 'utilities' custom made for unlocking password secured spreadsheets.

I too am looking for a password manager. Development on 1password has drawn to a halt on android - you can't even edit the entries. Also its bloomin' expensive.

Shall have to look into keepass. A couple of questions:-

  • Is it cross platform - ie windows, mac, android?
  • What advantages disadvantages are there compared to 1password or lastpass?
  • How good is the browser integration?
 
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I use mine on Win7 and android. I use KeePassDroid on my Nexus.

Don't know about Mac though (I don't wear sandals) :)

Just looked at the website :

KeePassPPC & KeePassSD (for PocketPC & Smart Devices; 1.x & 2.x)
7Pass (for Windows Phone 7)
MiniKeePass (for iPhone/iPad)
Passwordix (for iPhone/iPad)
iKeePass (for iPhone/iPad)
MyKeePass (for iPhone/iPad)
SyncPass (for iPhone/iPad)
PassDrop (for iPhone/iPad; compat. with KeePass 1.x)
KyPass (for iPhone/iPad)
KyPass Companion (for Mac OS X)
KeePassDroid (for Android)
KeePass2Android (for Android; compat. with KeePass 2.x)
KeePassMobile (for J2ME / mobile phones)
KeePassJ2ME (for J2ME / mobile phones)
KeePassBB (for BlackBerry; compat. with KeePass 1.x), [Mirror]
KeePassBB2 (for BlackBerry; compat. with KeePass 2.x), [Mirror]
Export to Keyring (for Palm OS)

KeePass 2.x for Debian/Ubuntu Linux
KeePass 2.x for OpenSUSE Linux
KeePass 2.x for Other Linux Systems
KeePass 2.x for Mac OS X
KeePass 1.x for PortableApps Suite™
KeePass 2.x for PortableApps Suite™
KeePass 1.20 for U3 Devices
KeePass 2.x for U3 Devices
KeePass 1.x for Preinstalled Environments (PE)
KeePass 2.x for Parted Magic
KeePass 2.x for Spoon
 
I use an excel sheet for all stuff like passwords, customer numbers and the like. I keep it secure by using a code for my passwords - like if my password was Highbury1971 my 'code' would be something like H71, as my different passwords are all varied so I would only need the clue to know what it is.
 
The database is encrypted . Have a look at the website.

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  • KeePass supports the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) and the Twofish algorithm to encrypt its password databases. Both of these ciphers are regarded as being very secure. AES e.g. became effective as a U.S. Federal government standard and is approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) for top secret information.
  • The complete database is encrypted, not only the password fields. So, your user names, notes, etc. are encrypted, too.
  • SHA-256 is used as password hash. SHA-256 is a 256-bit cryptographically secure one-way hash function. Your master password is hashed using this algorithm and its output is used as key for the encryption algorithms.
  • In contrast to many other hashing algorithms, no attacks are known yet against SHA-256.
  • Protection against dictionary and guessing attacks: by transforming the final master key very often, dictionary and guessing attacks can be made harder.
  • In-Memory Passwords Protection: Your passwords are encrypted while KeePass is running, so even when the operating system caches the KeePass process to disk, this wouldn't reveal your passwords anyway.
  • [2.x] Protected In-Memory Streams: When loading the inner XML format, passwords are encrypted using a session key.
  • Security-Enhanced Password Edit Controls: KeePass is the first password manager that features security-enhanced password edit controls. None of the available password edit control spies work against these controls. The passwords entered in those controls aren't even visible in the process memory of KeePass.
  • The master key dialog can be shown on a secure desktop, on which almost no keylogger works. Auto-Type can be protected against keyloggers, too.
  • Also see the security information page.
 
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cambsno said:
I use an excel sheet for all stuff like passwords, customer numbers and the like. I keep it secure by using a code for my passwords - like if my password was Highbury1971 my 'code' would be something like H71, as my different passwords are all varied so I would only need the clue to know what it is.
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The problem is that if someone got a copy of the file we could break into it within a few hours with Common brute force software. Excel passwords are not worth even bothering with.
 
Karl12347 said:
The problem is that if someone got a copy of the file we could break into it within a few hours with Common brute force software. Excel passwords are not worth even bothering with.
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No, I don't password the file. I write passwords down in my own shorthand.

For example. I may chose to have 3 different passwords. 1) spaniel 2) 050724 3) shaws81 - In my sheet, rather than enter the actual password I would put a code, so instead of spaniel I would put down 'mdog' as that would stand for mums dog which was a spaniel. Shaws81 could be the school my sister went to along with her year if birth so I would enter that as jschool8 as a prompt (as sister could be called Jane).

It does sound complicated but it does work very well for me.
 
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