[TriLUG] Password management software

[David McDowell]

Another option is "Password Safe" the executable may be Win32 only,
but looking at the downloads shows a java option too:
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

There's nothing better than your memory or written on a sheet of paper
and stowed away in your fire resistant/proof safe.

David McDowell
http://www.turnpike420.net

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Paul McLanahan <pmclanahan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have tried Passpack in the past as an online passwd storage solution
> (http://www.passpack.com/). I've never taken the plunge with anything
> important b/c the idea just doesn't sit quite right, but all their
> docs suggest to me (the non security-pro) that they're doing it right.
> Have any of you tried this site, or do any of you have any reasons to,
> or not to trust it?
>
> The reason I'm interested again is that they've released some offline
> options that seem pretty cool. Passpack Desktop is an Adobe Air app
> that you can use offline, and you can also use Google Gears w/ their
> site to use the site itself offline in a browser. So it now satisfies
> all of the requirements of the OP (save the admin user). I'm just
> still a bit uncomfortable w/ putting sensitive info on a service like
> this. But they've been around for a while now, they use AES, and the
> passphrase is never sent over the wire, encrypted or not.
>
> http://www.passpack.com/info/tour/
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
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