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I have been using passwordsafe for a few months now and am very happy with it. I only wish it had a sidebar like interface but I haven't found any reasons to switch from it. If you have a fingerprint reader, like I do, then you don't even need to enter password for the master database. Just scan your finger and you are good to go.

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leedsutd67 said:First 10 password are free, to store more costs $20 well worth it.
Another vote for Roboform. Actually, it's $30, but if you use coupon code INP you get $10 off. You can also get $10 off by claiming to be a low income user, which you don't have to prove but they could ask.


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Wow, for FW finance we sure have a lot of people spending cash on software to do what excel can do for free (there are freeware form fillers as well). Excel on a locked USB key is how I do it. It's funny all the ways people go about 'protecting' themselves - once you move into pws more complex than 'password' your biggest concern is people with physical access (cleaning/housekeeper/family) installing a sw or (more worrisome and less detectable) HW keylogger.


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I use opera. So easy.


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I use Password Corral.
All of my coworkers uses password corral as we have too many password that needs to be changed in timely basis as they expire and there is no way to remember all passwords.

Link:Password Corral

Just my 2 cents


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I wouldn't use encrypted excel. The encryption on office files can be broken quite quickly (google excel password recovery). If you do, don't name it password or something obvious.

Truecrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) is an extremely powerful, free, encryption tool. Easy to use, and can encrypt usb keys, and chunks of your file system. Just make a small encrypted space (you can even create hidden encrypted spaces) and put files in there. As long as somebody doesn't have a keystroke logger to record the password to get in (use a strong password that is different from common ones) you can put lists of other passwords in there.


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bterwilliger said:Wow, for FW finance we sure have a lot of people spending cash on software to do what excel can do for free (there are freeware form fillers as well). Excel on a locked USB key is how I do it. It's funny all the ways people go about 'protecting' themselves - once you move into pws more complex than 'password' your biggest concern is people with physical access (cleaning/housekeeper/family) installing a sw or (more worrisome and less detectable) HW keylogger.

As mentioned, Roboform also lets you easily fill-in forms and log on to all your accounts. And of course, it has its own password to be able to use it.


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Wow, for FW finance we sure have a lot of people spending cash on software to do what excel can do for free (there are freeware form fillers as well). Excel on a locked USB key is how I do it. It's funny all the ways people go about 'protecting' themselves - once you move into pws more complex than 'password' your biggest concern is people with physical access (cleaning/housekeeper/family) installing a sw or (more worrisome and less detectable) HW keylogger.
Gotta throw my hat in with the Roboform crowd. Its probably one of the best software packages I've ever purchased. There's also a PDA option for viewing passwords on the go.


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I also vouch for Keepass.. Open source software that works as well or better than commercial software and it has a small memory footprint.
http://keepass.sourceforge.net/

I've been using it for about a year now.
Supports AES Rjindael encryption.

See a list of features here:
Features

The only con i see is that it doesn't fill in passwords for you on websites automatically. However, it does have shortcuts to copy your login/password into the copy/paste buffer for you to paste it. (It automatically clears the buffer after x number of seconds, so other programs can't read your password from memory.)

Storing passwords in there is vastly superior than storing it on paper or passworded excel (easily crackable).
It would be very difficult to crack the master password for Keepass if you have a good/mixed/long password. I've made my master password about 25 characters long, so it would take a long time to brute force it. Keepass also has a feature where you can store a key file on a usb flash drive, so that any time you want to open up Keepass you have to have the master password and the flash drive to get to your passwords. People who may have keystroke logged your password would need your flash drive in addition to your master password to get to your passwords.


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Roboform hands down. I have about 3/4 licenses, and 2 usb drives with the u3 version. (Me and my better half)

Best money I ever spent on anything online.

Could not live without it.


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I use the same user name and password for all the online banking accounts.
That way I never forget and never have to rely on any software. I am not comfortable with giving my password to anyone, including the software.


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Invent your own password scheme. It's not that hard.

[edit : and don't post it on FW ]


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I have a book I keep in a drawer! How archaic is that! I doubt someone could figure out my code for the accounts and I have about 4 passwords I use and I only write the first 3 letters down, since I know the passwords by heart. I have 5 years of passwords in there and it must be at least 100 different ones.
( Credit Card logins, banking, forums,shopping....) crazy! the only problem is if I die, no one in my family will be able to access all my stuff, so I need to set that up better in my will!
( yeah, about that will I need to get around too...)


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d3vil said:I also vouch for Keepass.. Open source software that works as well or better than commercial software and it has a small memory footprint.
http://keepass.sourceforge.net/

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The only con i see is that it doesn't fill in passwords for you on websites automatically. However, it does have shortcuts to copy your login/password into the copy/paste buffer for you to paste it. (It automatically clears the buffer after x number of seconds, so other programs can't read your password from memory.)

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It does enter passwords - simi-automatically. You have to set up a keyboard shortcut that you then hit. It will then detect the webpage and fill in the information. There are advance coding options for websites that do not use the standard "User Name" "Password" input box.

P.S - I also recommend KeePass. I am pushing 150+ entries and add to it all the time. I have already lost one Thumb drive with my database on it (I still think it is in my house somewhere). I am not worried though, i have changed all the passwords and the Thumb drive was also encrypted with Truecrypt.


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RushnRockt said:Roboform-ing here all the way. I have dozens of passwords for all kinds of websites, so I can't remember everything, I feel confident enough with this software. I also have copies of all passwords in "Any Password"

P.S. Roboform is not web-based


roboform for me as well, great program. for backup, i use my palm.
edit: and, as for many others, when i write down the passwords, i store them in cryptic form only I know


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all my passwords are related by a simple but obscure scheme which combines:
1. A handful of strong passwords that I've been using for years and have, thus, memorized.
2. A particular piece of information from the website I'm trying to access.
3. The primary role of the website in my life (for example, checking account, shopping site, AOR cards, etc).

Using these three pieces of information, my scheme then employs a simple but intuitive form of encryption (in fact, it's so intuitive that I don't even know what most of my passwords actually are...I just know how to enter them) to derive the actual password.

I would recommend this kind of system to everybody. For the most part I don't have to remember anything except what I'm doing (ie what site I am visiting and why I am visiting it) and a couple of pieces of ingrained information, yet I'm sure I end up generating passwords that look completely random. The only weakness is that I sometimes have to make exceptions for websites with restricted character sets.


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I just use "password1234!@#$" on all sites... it is much easier!!!

JUST KIDDING!!!


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It does enter passwords - simi-automatically. You have to set up a keyboard shortcut that you then hit. It will then detect the webpage and fill in the information. There are advance coding options for websites that do not use the standard "User Name" "Password" input box.

I just installed KeePass the other day - and I don't see where this option is? Is this one of the plug-ins?


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I use passwordmaker (http://passwordmaker.org), which is a firefox extension. Just remember a master password, and your site-specific password is calculated on the fly, and can be copied to the clipboard. Nothing to be stolen, and nothing can be key-logged. It also has some sort of fill-in capability. And an online version is also available.


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Technologist said:I just use "password1234!@#$" on all sites... it is much easier!!!

JUST KIDDING!!!


Now you must post again using hacker slang to berate yourself.


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