Managing password

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Why KeePass?

Today, you have to remember many passwords. You need a password for a lot of websites, your e-mail account, your webserver, network logins, etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use a different password for each account, because if you would use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password, you would have a problem: the thief would have access to all of your accounts.

KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can store all your passwords in one database, which is locked with a master key. So you only have to remember one single master key to unlock the whole database. Database files are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES-256, ChaCha20 and Twofish). For more information, see the features page.

Is it really free?

Yes, KeePass is really free, and more than that: it is open source (OSI certified). You can have a look at its full source code and check whether the security features are implemented correctly.

How to

How to securely store and keep your passwords in sync on your computers and mobile devices with KeePass Password Manager
How to securely store and keep your passwords in sync on your computers and mobile devices with KeePass Password Manager (page 2)

Windows

Download KeePass and keepass-sftp-sync plugin to be able to synchronise database file through sftp protocol.

Plugin Installation and Uninstallation (source)

If there are no explicit instructions how to install the plugin, follow these steps:

  1. Download the plugin from the page above and unpack the ZIP file to a new folder.
  2. In KeePass, click 'Tools' → 'Plugins' → button 'Open Folder'; KeePass now opens a folder called 'Plugins'.
  3. Move the new folder (containing the plugin files) into the 'Plugins' folder. Restart KeePass in order to load the new plugin. To uninstall a plugin, delete the plugin files.

Starting Keepass and load Database using SFTP protocol

File > Open > Open URL...

URL example:

sftp://ftp_address.com:1234/absolute/path/to/DatabaseKeePass.kdbx

Android

Install Keepass2Android using Google Play Store.

Linux

Not needed for me so far so I don't know.

 

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