Top 5 Excellent Password Managers
By Partho, Gaea News NetworkMonday, July 27, 2009
Are you having sleepless nights looking to mange your passwords? There are a good number of people who suffer from extreme confusion and fear of the unknown, when it comes to remembering passwords. Over the time you pile up scores of login and password for every account you sign into. Eventually, it becomes a paranoia when it comes to remembering any one of these passwords. For more, you know hackers are going out of their way to crack passwords and credit card information that makes it all more important to have a password manager. Well, there are several password management applications that can make it easy to remember your passwords effortlessly. The question is, which is the top password manager that can suffice your requirements? After extensive research we found the top 5 password managers that we’ll share with you.
KeePass
This is a free open source password manager designed to run on multiple-platforms. KeePass secures your password on your computer with a single master password and/or a key-file. KeePass is a Windows application, but an OS-X and Linux-compatible version called KeePassX. It is available with a slightly less polish than the Windows counterpart. KeePass also offers portable application for those who would like to carry your password manager with you. Although KeePass doesn’t come with a built-in browser, you can invoke a global, auto-login keyboard shortcut(ctrl+alt+A) while KeePass is running in your system tray.
RoboForm
It’s a widely used password and form management utility exclusively for Windows. RoboForm is essentially a desktop application and browser toolbar that allows integration with Firefox and Internet Explorer. RoboForm is available as freeware and shareware ($30). The free version is limited. It also offers a portable version RoboForm2Go available for $20. Moreover, RoboForm can be carried on Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm devices.
TurboPassword
For a user friendly password manager, TurboPassword is one of the top choices. It combines password management database with an integrated web toolbar. You might secure notes to store other important account information, such as usernames, PIN numbers and account numbers. The password manager can be synchronized or transfered to your smartphone with Palm OS.
Firefox’s Password Manager
This is the most easy to use, free password management built into Firefox. The password manager can be easily integrated into your workflow and run on various platforms. In case you stick to Firefox’s password manager, make sure you set a master password to secure the saved password. Unless you set a master password, your saved password can be viewed with just a click on Show Password button in the Saved Password dialog.
Effective Password Manager
Using effective password manager you can store all your sensitive and valuable information like passwords, logins, pin codes and access codes as well as account numbers, lock combination etc. It generates a reliable and fully secured database which can be searched conveniently to get the right information. Effective password manager runs on Windows platform only.
Tags: Open Source, password management, password manager, password protection, password security, Symbian
Daniel Gómez