Online Password Management with KeePass

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Written by Daniel Inniss – 10.03.10

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KeePass Review – Store passwords securely

To start with I have about twelve different passwords just for social media, about seven for different websites that I manage, three for different forums…you get the message I have a lot of passwords to remember!

It gets even worse if you are a business engaging in social media, you want to protect your passwords but also want employees to use your social accounts.

So how do I keep track of all these online passwords?

Keeping track: manage passwords online with KeePass

I use a little tool that seemed to have slipped under the radar, it was mentioned on Robert Scoble’s blog a few months back and its become invaluable to managing all the passwords I have to remember.

So what is it?

Its an application that sits on your desktop storing all of your passwords in a searchable database. Ok, so storing all of your passwords in one place sounds like a stupid idea but KeePass mitigates this by using 256 bit encryption on the database and then on each password.

You create a password database called, for instance, Silicon Beach Training and select a password for it.

You can then go in and add all your passwords; This may sound daunting but there is a healthy community that has developed plugins to import passwords from Firefox and IE straight into KeePass.

The passwords entered can be categorized in any way you see fit with nested groups allowing you to sort information intelligently. It also provides you with a search bar so you wont lose them!

So far it just sounds like a little application re-inventing the wheel. Where it gets interesting is when you use Firefox or Internet Explorer as your main browser. When you add a new password you can specify a URL, and whenever you navigate to that URL it will auto complete all the form fields for you.

KeePass is portable

This little feature becomes useful when you use multiple computers. Instead of installing KeePass on every machine you use and having to maintain duplicate password database’s you can install the KeePass safe on a USB stick. This allows you to use it on multiple machines and auto completes passwords on any machine. Just remember to press no to “Do you want to save this password” in your browser.

There are many other features (a full list of KeePass features can be found here) but one that is most interesting is the random password generator which as the name suggest generates a password of user specified quality.

It’s a very simple tool to use, but if you struggle then they have a pretty good tutorial and a community of dedicated developers bringing new features to help you manage your passwords effectively.

Well, at least that’s what I think! Go try it out!

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