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Password repository open source5/17/2023 ![]() You’ve been adding entries in KeePass for sometime now and are happy your passwords are now tough and secure. If you have experience with KeePass and you want to run KeePass as a stand alone app rather than installing it, then you can download their portable version underneath their main installer option. Download the program and run it to install KeePass. You want the top left box under Classic Edition. On the KeePass download page there look to be 4 options for the program download-those 4 green boxes. Nothing difficult but I’ll point you in the right direction as this might be your first time. If you’d like a download tip, usage tip, and bonus tip keep reading.ĭownloading: When downloading KeePass there are a few options. Read the usage tip below to see why you will never have to type out any of these twisted, tangled and nasty looking stored passwords. You only ever need to know your ONE main master password to get into KeePass which then gives you access to all of you nonsensical passwords. ![]() All of your passwords once using KeePass will be awesome un-guessable passwords. Your into the land of strong passwords now. Often times when new to this way of storing/generating passwords your eyes see the completely crazy password suggestion by the program like “en:7S^&!u7^ktH* W!`R8b” and you think “I’ll never be able to remember THAT!”. You now have to get your head around the fact that none of your passwords will be easy for you to remember, or for anyone to break. See graphics below.īecause you’re still here reading this you are likely new to the “password manager game”. Click the Accept button when you’re happy. From there you can click the “Generate” button as much as you like until you are happy with your choice. I say “configure” because the password generator screen allows you to choose how long your password is and what kind of special characters may or may not be included in the password. When you go to add a new entry in KeePass (Edit/Add Entry in the menu) you give your entry a title which is often the website name or account you are signing up for, fill in your desired username, and when it comes time to choosing a password for this entry you can click the “password generator” icon which opens another screen helping you configure a tough-to-break password. In the meantime should my email become compromised no one can open the file anyway even if they have a copy of it.Īnd better still: KeePass has a built-in password generator. That way even if my whole computer system at home crashes, or if the whole house burns to the ground, I’ll simply login to my Gmail and get my up-to-date database file. About once a month I email my KeePass database file to myself at my Gmail address. I use Gmail, which is an email service available anywhere in the world provided you have Internet access. The advantage here is three-fold: 1) you could leave your database file on your computer desktop for you easy access and no one open it 2) if someone gets unauthorized to your computer, network, email, files or device they can’t open your database file and 3) you can email your database file to yourself, store it on a USB key, copy it to a second hard drive, stick it in the cloud, whatever, and you’ll have an instant backup that no one else can access. No one could view the contents without knowing your password to get into the file. That’s right… you could accidentally send out your master database file to a thousand people in an email and it wouldn’t matter. That’s it.īecause the database file that stores everything is secure and encrypted, it doesn’t matter who gets access to your database file. You remember ONE password only, ever, and then you have access to all your stored passwords and information. ![]() You can’t (or anyone for that matter) open your database file unless you enter your master password you set up the program with. The database file is secure and encrypted. KeePass works from one master “database file” which stores all your “secret information” in it. If you aren’t using Windows but rather have a Mac, iPhone or Android OS unofficial versions of the program exist for pretty much any device or operating system out there. KeePass is free, open-source, cross-platform, light-weight password management program for Windows. Unless I’m mistaken and you don’t use the Internet much at all, YOU NEED a password manager. ![]()
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