password manager
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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:
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
{{#ask: is a::password manager}}
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
