Sunday, May 4. 2008
1Password: Nice Password Management Tool
| In the course of having to remember more passwords as well as having to make some more secure ones, I came across a handy password tool called 1Password, which lets you store multiple passwords and while only having to remember the one master password. I have been using it for about a week now and I must say that it has made my life much easier. It integrates with quite a few web browsers that are available and can easily remember several different passwords on the same web form. It also has a built-in password generator as well as a Secure Notes feature, which doesn't allow any to view your notes unless they know your access password (unlike the Sticky Notes program that comes with Mac OS X). For those who are interested, MacNN has a nice review of the tool. (Note: Lifehacker has a nice roundup of some of the other password management tools for the Mac). For the OpenSource folks, there is also PwManager (Linux only) which is also good. |  |
#1 - Nate Carlson said:
2008-05-04 19:14 - (Reply)
Just a minor nitpick -- PwManager (my tool of choice right now) doesn't actually use KWallet as a backend or anything; it does, however, have the ability to emulate kwallet as a more secure replacement.
#1.1 - C Velo said:
2008-05-04 20:41 - (Reply)
Thanks for the clarification Nate! (that will teach to me blogging at 4:00 am in the morning - one tends to skip words like "emulation"
).