Friday, May 7, 2010

Password protection by KeePass

KeePass
Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage's FTP password, online passwords (like website member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, homepage, etc. Unimaginable. The solution is KeePass
KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).
Yes, KeePass is really free, and more than that: it is open source (OSI certified). You can have a look at its full source and check whether the encryption algorithms are implemented correctly.


Features : 

  • KeePass supports the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) and the Twofish algorithms to encrypt its password databases.
  • The complete database is encrypted, not only the password fields. So your usernames, notes, etc. are protected, too.
  • One master password decrypts the complete database.
  • Alternatively you can use key files. Key files provide better security than master passwords in most cases. You only have to carry the key file with you, for example on a floppy disk, USB stick, or you can burn it onto a CD. Of course, you shouldn't lose this disk then.
  • KeePass is portable: it can be carried on an USB stick and runs on Windows systems without being installed.
  • Installer packages are available, too, for the ones who like to have shortcuts in their Windows start menu and on the desktop.
  • The password list can be exported to various formats like TXT, HTML, XML and CSV.
  • KeePass uses the common CSV export format of various passwords safes like Password Keeper and Password Agent. Exports from these programs can be easily imported to your KeePass databases.




    • You can create, modify and delete groups, in which passwords can be sorted into.
    • The groups can be arranged as a tree, so a group can have subgroups, those subgroups can have subgroups themselves, etc.




    • KeePass can be translated into other languages very easily.
    • Over 30 different languages are available!
  • KeePass free and you have full access to its source code!
Supported operating systems:
Windows 98 / 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 7, each 32-bit and 64-bit, 
Mono (Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, ...).




Download Links : 

Classic Edition
KeePass 1.17 (Installer EXE for Windows)
Portable KeePass 1.17 (ZIP Package)


Professional Edition
KeePass 2.10 (Installer EXE for Windows)
Portable KeePass 2.10 (ZIP Package)


Prerequisites:Microsoft .NET Framework ≥ 2.0 or Mono ≥ 2.6.


Source Code: 
 Source Code KeePass 1.17 Source Code, Source Code KeePass 2.10 Source Code
These packages contain everything you need to build your own KeePass.exe and plugins (source code, resources, build scripts, ...).

Software KeePass 1.17 MSI PackageSoftware KeePass 2.10 MSI Package
MSI packages for network administrators.

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