KeePassX
KeePassX is a password manager or safe which helps you
to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your
passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a
key-disk.
This means that you only have to remember one single
master
password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The
databases are encrypted using the algorithms AES or Twofish.
KeePassX
also provides a little utility for secure password generation. The
password generator is very customizable, fast and easy to use.
Features include:
- Extensive management- title for each entry for its better
identification:
- possibility to determine different expiration dates
- insertion of attachments
- user-defined symbols for groups and entries
- fast entry dublication
- sorting entries in groups
- Search function
- search either in specific groups or in complete database
- Autofill (experimental)
- Database security
- access to the KeePassX database is granted either with a
password, a key-file (e.g. a CD or a memory-stick) or even both.
- Automatic generation of secure passwords
- extremely customizable password generator for fast and
easy creation of secure passwords
- Precaution features:
- quality indicator for chosen passwords
- hiding all passwords behind asterisks
- Encryption
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) or
- Twofish algorithm are used
- encryption of the database in 256 bit sized increments
- Import and export of entries
- import from PwManager (*.pwm) and KWallet (*.xml) files-
export as textfile (*.txt)
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