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July 12, 2007

KeePass

Store and encrypt your access credentials with this password manager
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 Executive Summary:
KeePass is a lightweight, open-source password manager or safe.
This password manager encrypts your passwords for storage in a database "vault."
Portable password management options include saving KeePass to a USB flash drive for use on public computers.
KeePass helps you create strong, secure passwords by using random password-seeding techniques.

As a security administrator, you might have to keep track of passwords to many different systems, but storing them in a spreadsheet or simple database isn't the most secure solution. A better alternative is a password manager or safe, which securely stores passwords in a separate, encrypted file. KeePass Password Safe is an open-source password manager that's feature-rich, multiplatform, and easy to use. Let's take a look at how KeePass works and how to get started using it—you might decide that this is a tool well worth having. . . .

Reader Comments
KeePass has also been ported to PocketPC, Linux, OS X, J2ME and PalmOS.
Check out http://keepass.info/download.html for links to all of the ports.
I use the PocketPC and OS X ports all the time and they work great. It is really nice to be able to access my passwords on any OS I encounter.

-Joe
http://joe.galactik.com

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