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Password management is central to security. In my opinion the best password management system is the open source KeePass Password Safe (keepass.info).
The linux port is already in the repository. The name is KeePassX (keepassx.org). The features are lacking compared to the windows version, but it is still a very functional program.
Improving KeePassX and including it as installed on default would be a very nice addition to Ubuntu.
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vanDake wrote on the 11 May 08 at 13:35
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Need update of keepassx to 0.3.1
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Auzy wrote on the 11 May 08 at 13:54
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Does this integrate with the current KDE and Gnome keychain thuogh? Or is it just yet another one?
Because, if it doesn't integrate properly, cross platform doesn't particularly mean much I'm afraid.
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wladston wrote on the 21 May 08 at 02:14
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+1, keepass is always one of the first things I install, and everyone need some stuff like that.... I think it should even be integrated to GNOME itself ....
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glibik wrote on the 21 May 08 at 06:52
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I have not yet seen a password management utility that I didn't regard as a potential security problem. As a result, I don't use them. I also have the view that the best password management system is your own memory.
For those reasons; Vote = -1
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wladston wrote on the 24 May 08 at 17:47
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glibik,
you should have a gifeted memory. If I depended that much on mine, I'd have lots of problems ...
I just remember my 20-char long password for keepass....
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tgape wrote on the 29 May 08 at 04:08
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Good password security is a complex thing, especially for those of us with an abnormally high number of passwords.
I use a password safe for the hundreds of websites with which I have accounts. I use a completely different password safe for the various system accounts at work. This frees up my memory sufficiently that I can remember the several dozen user account passwords for work, my handful of user account passwords for home, my ATM pin, my work badge access pin, my cell password, and my ...
Ok, that would explain why I can never remember my wife's cell phone number. Sigh.
In general, I consider each password safe program which integrates with specific programs, rather than following standards to integrate with all programs that follow standards, to be part of the problem why we have so many issues with our password safes. (I'm writing this in Firefox, which is also problematic: it only uses its own password safe.)
That having been said, I am currently opposed to selecting one password safe as default. I think a better idea would be to prompt for which password safe program you would like to use as part of the install process.
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HDave wrote on the 30 May 08 at 03:28
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I love KeePassX and use it very heavily. A password safe means I can use very complex passwords and not write them down on paper. The encryption used in KeePassX is very strong (AES 256).
That said, it should not be a default program, because I believe passwords are better stored in the gnome keyring, thus kept very secure and automatically accessible by certain programs.
If you agree, then vote for my idea:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/937/
In addition, KeePassX will soon no longer be cross-platform. The new version of windows KeePass (without the X) 2.0 will not run on Linux, despite the fact it is written on .NET. Mono is not complete enough.
Fianlly, the program itself is not gtk compliant and suffers from very little developer attention.
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maknu wrote on the 17 Jun 08 at 13:07
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KeePassX is good thing, but not for Gnome Users. I prefer Revelation.
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