Website which stores passwords?

e00c

Use a password protected spreadsheet...
There's also program out there what are free and run in the background... these can hide varios files etc

Also... if your still not convinced... do something like this:

http://supportpcs.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=152&Itemid=30

Obviosly don't do a "real" quiz... but you get the idea.

bob_a_builder

rather than stroing them on a remote web site try an application which manages them for you

http://www.roboform.com/

Stompa

PROLIANT wrote: »

Well write a C# application and use the md5 hash algorithm interop that ships with .NET to create an encrypted file application.

What's the point? There are many perfectly good password storage applications out there already.

PROLIANT

Stompa wrote: »

What's the point? There are many perfectly good password storage applications out there already.

The point is that if you !!!! up the application that has your saved passwords you have lost the lot whereas if your capable and creative you could do something yourself in C# or C++, at least that way you have then learned something and if it goes wrong you have 100% control over the application and source code.
You could still use a word file or excel file and stream the encrypted data in and out of the file. Without the original md5 hash it will be near to impossible for a thief to decrypt the data file. Just opens up more possibilities to a simple task rather than relying on some form of freeware or shareware...I mean spyware.

Stompa

PROLIANT wrote: »

The point is that if you !!!! up the application that has your saved passwords you have lost the lot...

Yes, but how exactly might you !!!! up the application? The passwords are typically stored in their own encrypted file. Granted that file might become corrupted, but obviously you would keep backups.

PROLIANT

Stompa wrote: »

Yes, but how exactly might you !!!! up the application? The passwords are typically stored in their own encrypted file. Granted that file might become corrupted, but obviously you would keep backups.

Without the original encryption salt you will struggle to recover the data.

Stompa

PROLIANT wrote: »

Without the original encryption salt you will struggle to recover the data.

But you'd simply reinstall the program? If you're that bothered about the actual code, then a lot of the programs are open source.

isofa

SemperFi wrote: »

I'd rather it wasn't open source tbh. Giving a hacker the code is like giving them free entry! Just my 2p worth!

Quite the contrary, because they are open source they are inherently more secure, because a wide range of people are testing them fully, and any bugs are fixed rapidly, rather than proprietary system, which could be hacked quickly, and then the makes may be slow, or completely inept at fixing the issue.

Look how secure Linux is, compare with Windows. Open source vs commercial. Some of the best utilities in the world are open source.

Keepass is definitely one of the best, as mentioned earlier, and one I'd recommend.

Or use Truecrypt to set-up a secure file area, the multi-algorithms are currently "unbreakable".

PROLIANT

Stompa wrote: »

But you'd simply reinstall the program? If you're that bothered about the actual code, then a lot of the programs are open source.

Fine if you can understand the source code, if no or little code documentation is provided you will struggle.

Stompa

isofa wrote: »

Keepass is definitely one of the best, as mentioned earlier, and one I'd recommend.

Or use Truecrypt to set-up a secure file area, the multi-algorithms are currently "unbreakable".

It's almost certainly overkill, but FWIW I keep my Keepass password file in a Truecrypt volume.