NewsForge: Three Open Source Password Managers | Linux Today

NewsForge: Three Open Source Password Managers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 14, 2005

“Finding it difficult to keep track of all your usernames and
passwords on Web sites, forums, and portals? Don’t start writing
them down on scrap paper–get help from a password manager
application. I found three open source candidates for this task:
Password Gorilla, KeePass Password Safe, and Oubliette.

“Password Gorilla version 1.1, released under the GNU General
Public License (GPL), runs under Windows, Linux, Unix, and Mac OS
X. Password Gorilla encrypts user data using the Blowfish
algorithm. The application is small enough to fit on a single
diskette, and the Tk/Tcl-based executable does not need to be
installed, but can ‘run in place’ from a diskette or flash
drive…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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