Today I did something I should have done a long time ago. I took the steps that everyone (yes, that means you) who has a significant amount of information stored online should do – I researched and then implemented a password manager. This allows us to create strong, unique passwords for each individual portal we sign in to online, from banking to email to the various forums many of us frequent. The reason I think this is mentionable in here is because the particular password manager I have chosen is an Open Source .NET project called KeePass.
I was super impressed by the functionality presented by KeePass, it only took about 5 minutes to get a hang of the interface and start adding my various accounts to it. After I had added all of the accounts I could remember, I then went and updated each password to one generated by the program. I also downloaded a plugin called KeePassSync, which allows me to sync my encrypted password store to an online source, meaning that I can run it on various computers and they will all stay up to date with the latest information I commit to my password store.
I am itching to download the source for KeyPassSync – mainly because I think the visual feedback it gives during the sync process is pretty sub standard. Sometimes I am not sure if it successfully completed a sync operation or not. But that is the beauty of Open Source right? You can get in there and do it yourself!
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