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 CodeProject member account), 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.KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe 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-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).
Key features of KeePass password manager utility are:
- Strong Security - 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.
- Multiple User Keys - 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.
- Portable - KeePass is portable; it can be carried on an USB stick and runs on Windows systems without being installed.
- Export - The password list can be exported to various formats like TXT, HTML, XML and CSV.
- Password Groups - You can create, modify and delete groups and subgroups, in which passwords can be sorted into.
- Searching and Sorting - You can search for specific entries in the databases.
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