KeePass – forget (or don’t) your passwords
Posted by Shayne on 11 August 2006
I’ve discovered that the problem with starting a blog is that you’re expected to post to it. Crazy eh? The lesson is that you should always read the fine print.
My excuse for not posting for a long time is: I’ve got a very busy social life and I don’t have time to post.
No?
Ermm…
How about: I forgot my password?
Pfft! Not likely! Not when I have KeePass for Windows and for Pocket PC!
I reckon its slogan should be: “Remember one password, forget the rest.“
I’ve had a play with Password Safe and SplashId which also run on Windows and Windows Mobile but KeePass won by a mile. The simple reason? [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [A] baby! It’s the keypress that means you’ll never have to type a password ever again.* Press those three magical keys together and KeePass springs into action and types your userid and password for you, as well as other keystrokes if you like, be it to a webpage or a Windows program.
It can also generate random passwords for you (you do use different passwords for each website don’t you? Don’t you?), let you use a key-file (extra security which saves you from someone knowing/stealing/guessing/brute-forcing your master password), and can even keep your password from ending up in Yankee Clipper‘s history.
It has many more cool features but I have to get back to that busy social life of mine** so I’ll let you discover them for yourself. Do yourself a favour and use it. Maybe even install it tp your USB flash drive (preferably not the same one as your key-file). Then sit back, relax, and forget your passwords! 
* Not entirely true — you’ll still have to type the main KeePass one, and if you set your own password for something you’ll have to type it in to KeePass, but close enough.
** Watching The Chaser’s War On Everything.
