password manager

About

A password manager (PM) is a software application which manages security credentials such as passwords, PINs, and private keys.

Desirable features include:

• searchability
• ability to secure all data with a master password or key
• ability to access from multiple locations
• encrypted storage of data (so that it can be backed up to an insecure location without revealing any credentials)

Linux

Linux distributions generally come with a password manager integrated into the desktop system (other applications needing credentials will check with the PM before asking the user to enter credentials manually, and will store manually-entered credentials in the PM for future use.

The most common PMs are:

• KWallet (part of KDE) (see Wikipedia)
• Seahorse (part of GNOME; formerly GNOME Keyring) (see Wikipedia)

Windows

Windows does not appear to have a system for handling passwords or mediating access to a PM, so either passwords must generally be copied by hand (either cut-and-paste or drag-and-drop) between applications and the PM or else the software must be aware of specific applications that might need passwords filled in.

Links

Reference

• Wikipedia
• open directory (includes password tools that are not managers)

List

	cost	home page
AES Password Manager		http://www.aespasswordmanager.com/
Access Manager/Pro	24.95 dollars 18.95 Euros
Access Manager/free	0
AnyPassword/Pro	24.95 dollars	http://www.anypassword.com/pro/
AnyPassword/free	0	http://www.anypassword.com/free/
Aurora Password Manager	29 dollars 35 dollars	http://animabilis.com/
Clipperz	0	http://www.clipperz.com/
Cute Password Manager	24.95 dollars	http://www.cutepasswordmanager.com/
Darn! Passwords!	14.95	http://www.darnpasswords.com/
Easy Password Manager	19.99 dollars 19.99 Euros	http://www.passwordmanager.co.uk/
Enterprise Password Safe		http://www.enterprise-password-safe.com/
KeePass Password Safe	0	http://keepass.info/
Mashed Life	0	http://mashedlife.com/
Mobipassword	29.95 Euros	http://www.mobipassword.com/
My Password Manager	24.95 dollars	http://www.mypasswordmanager.com/
Passward	18.95 dollars	http://passward.net/
Password Depot	29 Euros	http://www.password-depot.com/
Password Manager Deluxe	19.95 dollars	http://www.findpassword.com/password-manager-deluxe.html

not filed

• FastPass Enterprise Password Manager: geared toward higher-end customers
• IntelliLogin: Form-filler only
• Just1Key: online service only, details sparse unless you want to read the whitepaper
• KeyPass: Form-filler only
• KeyRing: PalmOS only
• LogonAssist: Form-filler only
• SuperSecret: they make it too difficult to find the price; free download, but not clear if there's a free trial period
• Mandylion Research Labs: aimed at legal compliance for corporate market; limit of 50 passwords
• Norton Password Manager is no longer at this URL

"Form-filler only" means that the software does not seem to allow storage of arbitrary information; handles login forms only. It may be that the software can do this but the description doesn't bother to mention it. It would seem to be necessary even for a target audience only interested in access to online sites, because form-fillers often have difficulty detecting login forms (they can be deliberately made difficult to detect) and so it is still often necessary to cut-and-paste from the application.

Given that the software does not seem to be targeting more general usage, however, I'm not bothering to file these applications for now.