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)
• Seahorse (part of Gnome)

Windows

Windows does not appear to have a system for handling passwords or mediating access to a PM, so passwords must generally be copied by hand between applications and the PM.

Links

Reference

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

List

AES Password Manager, Access Manager/Pro, Access Manager/free, AnyPassword/Pro, AnyPassword/free, Aurora Password Manager, Clipperz, Cute Password Manager, Darn! Passwords!, Easy Password Manager, Enterprise Password Safe, KeePass Password Safe, Mashed Life, Mobipassword, My Password Manager, Passward, Password Depot, Password Manager Deluxe

not filed

• FastPass Enterprise Password Manager: geared toward higher-end customers
• IntelliLogin: does not seem to allow storage of arbitrary information; handles login forms only (how do they handle logins that the software can't detect?)
• Just1Key: online service only, details sparse unless you want to read the whitepaper