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Re: program to store passwords


From: Alexander Klimov <alserkli () inbox ru>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:36:06 +0300 (IDT)

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Leon wrote:

Could anyone supply a suggestion on what they like and
why?  I use to use p-safe back in the day just
wondering if any more advanced freeware programs are
available.

It depends on what you mean by `advanced'.

The simplest way is to use password derivation, e.g.,

$ openssl sha1 -binary | openssl base64
master-password mail.yahoo.com
[Control-D]
sYtnc48oq8Ty6kyYu4Qf+2RkGjU=  -- this is the password

But there are also more `user-friendly' ways, e.g.,
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

-- 
Regards,
ASK


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