I'm looking for ease of use in better security. Some sites, particularly financial sites, are requiring passwords containing upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
I have accounts I can't remember passwords for.
I used to have a Norton program that would remember them for me, which was wonderful. However, it was buggy, and sometimes wouldn't work, particularly if a site changed its login page, and Norton could no longer recognize it. Also, it kept no log file, so I had no way to look up passwords within the program if a login page changed.
I found this: http://keepass.info/ But I'd never heard of them, so who knows...it could be a malware or spyware disguised as a free utility. I know it can run on a thumb drive, which is something else I would like to consider for security of the machine itself...a thumbdrive "key" that allows the system to work. I've even seen some biometric thumb drives. Very James Bond.
What are you using on your system in regard to system security (virus and malware, too), password safes, and possibly hardware keys?
I have accounts I can't remember passwords for.
I used to have a Norton program that would remember them for me, which was wonderful. However, it was buggy, and sometimes wouldn't work, particularly if a site changed its login page, and Norton could no longer recognize it. Also, it kept no log file, so I had no way to look up passwords within the program if a login page changed.
I found this: http://keepass.info/ But I'd never heard of them, so who knows...it could be a malware or spyware disguised as a free utility. I know it can run on a thumb drive, which is something else I would like to consider for security of the machine itself...a thumbdrive "key" that allows the system to work. I've even seen some biometric thumb drives. Very James Bond.
What are you using on your system in regard to system security (virus and malware, too), password safes, and possibly hardware keys?
I guess there is no OS-level scheme, so you can use a third-party app or whatever's built into each app. Firefox has its own password manager, for example.
