KeePass - (Open Source)
KeePass is a password manager solution for those that have many passwords to remember.
KeePass is a useful password manager software that allows management of passwords in a secure way.
Based on a dual AES encryption , Rijndael and Twofish algorithm - two of the most powerful at the moment, also used by banks- this software gathers all of the serial numbers, logins, passwords and other account numbers in a single interface. It is only necessary to remember one password or insert a removable drive to have access to the password database. It is also possible to generate a key to copy to removable media to prevent the reading of the database if the password is stolen.
The information contained in the database data can be classified into different categories for easy access to the password needed.
The interface has a tree form that is customized to each recreation and password, that can be associated to a web page, a comment, an expiration date.
The software requires no installation, as it can run directly from a USB stick or hard drive so no information is stored on the system to avoid any form of piracy.
- KeePass is now developed and compiled using Visual Studio
2005 (with MFC 8.0); older compilers and IDEs aren't
supported anymore
- Implemented C-style interface for plugins (KP_Query and
KP_Call; MFC is not required anymore to build KeePass
plugins!)
- Heavily restructured the source code (extracted KeePass core
library, separated platform-dependent and platform-
independent code)
- Workspace is now locked automatically if Windows is locked or
the user switches to a different account (Windows XP only)
- Improved single-instance behaviour
- Improved support of paths with mixed directory separators
- Improved command-line handling (thanks to Bill Rubin)
- Changed command-line parameter handling for plugin parameters
(thanks to Bill Rubin for this patch)
- Improved plugin handling (DLLs are checked for interface
methods; improved KeePass startup performance)
- Added update checking feature (automatically and manually;
the ChkForUpd plugin project is discontinued)
- Password list is refreshed after auto-typing a TAN number
- Fixed a bug that caused the group focus to jump to the first
group after saving the database (when having the entry-backup
and the delete-backups-before-save options enabled)
- Handle to plugin manager window is passed to plugins in
KPM_DIRECT_CONFIG and KPM_PLUGIN_INFO messages
- When performing 'save-as' the lock files are updated now (the
one of previously opened file is deleted, a new one is
created for the new database)
- Tray menu items are now disabled when KeePass displays a
modal dialog
- Added advanced option to disable the 'save' button if the
database hasn't been modified
- Renamed default file menu items (new, open, save, ...)
- Improved {CLEARFIELD} behaviour
- Other improvements and bugfixes