Hi,

I tend to forget the most of my passwords. So I figured I'd just put them in an encrypted file somewhere on my PC. But I don't know how, and whether it would be a safety risk to do so. One of the things to store would be the password of my online banking, and while there's not much to steal there ;), it still wouldn't be a comfortable thought if it weren't safe.

Thanks in advance for any help!

When you're saving a file in Word, there is an option that enables you to put a password on the file. I can't remember exactly where, but I'm pretty sure it's something like "Advanced options" in the Save-As dialog.

Truecrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) is an excellent open source encryption program.

Truecrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) is an excellent open source encryption program.

Looks very useful, thanks a lot.

Still not sure whether it's totally unnecessary or totally unsafe. But still, it beats forgetting your passwords all the time (though I have to remember my uber-password now).

Hi, it is keepass you are looking for ;-)
http://keepass.info/
Get version 1.07.

Truecrypt doesnt scale too well for password lists. Use it for your music and stuff like that.

Hi, it is keepass you are looking for ;-)
http://keepass.info/
Get version 1.07.

Truecrypt doesnt scale too well for password lists. Use it for your music and stuff like that.

That looks great! Thanks.

I can vouch for Keepass, it's a great piece of software.

yes i agree keepass is very good at keeping all my passwords.

When you're saving a file in Word, there is an option that enables you to put a password on the file. I can't remember exactly where, but I'm pretty sure it's something like "Advanced options" in the Save-As dialog.

MS Office passwords are easy to get around.

I think keepass (who else reads that as keep ass?) is great, one of the most useful pieces of software I've come across in a while. Thanks guys. :goodjob: It should really be in the useful programs thread, that is: if that thread wasn't already totally full with tons of other useful programs.

MS Office passwords are easy to get around.

15 hours at our university server broke a 40bit RC4 .xls encryption. (That is the best encryption available for this filetype IIRC). I was a little lucky. No further details though :p

15 hours at our university server broke a 40bit RC4 .xls encryption. (That is the best encryption available for this filetype IIRC). I was a little lucky. No further details though :p

Brute force methods are pretty quick if passwords are made too short. Seven characters can be cracked in a couple of minutes in most cases, if there are no further methods to prevent brute force attacks.

Brute force methods are pretty quick if passwords are made too short. Seven characters can be cracked in a couple of minutes in most cases, if there are no further methods to prevent brute force attacks.

The tool actually told me it attacked the key directly, bc it couldnt brute-force the password.