subject: Helpful for Remembering and Keeping Passwords [print this page] Helpful for Remembering and Keeping Passwords
1. Auto-Type
KeePass features an "Auto-Type" functionality. This feature allows you to define a sequence of keypresses, which KeePass can automatically perform for you.
2. Command Line Options
Command line options to automate KeePass tasks.
3. Composite Master Key
KeePass stores your passwords securely in an encrypted file (database). This database is locked with a master password, a key file and/or the current Windows account details. To open a database, all key sources (password, key file, ...) are required. Together, these key sources form the Composite Master Key.
4. Configuration
KeePass supports multiple locations for storing configuration information: the global configuration file in the KeePass software directory, a local user-dependent one in the user's private configuration folder, and an enforced configuration file in the KeePass software directory. The first one is called global, because everyone using this KeePass installation will write to the same configuration file (and possibly overwriting settings of other users). The second one is called local, because changes made to this configuration file only affect the current user.
5. Field References
KeePass can insert data stored in different entries into fields of an entry. This means that multiple entries can share a common field (user name, password, ...), and by changing the actual data entry, all other entries will also use the new value.
6. Import / Export
7. Integration
To quickly switch back from an software to KeePass, you can use the global hot key that restores the KeePass main window.
8. Multi-User
Both KeePass allow multiple users working with one database, which is typically stored on a shared network drive or a file server.
9. Password Generator
This password generation method is the recommended way to generate random passwords. Other methods (pattern-based generation) should only be used if passwords must follow special rules or fulfill certain conditions.
10. Secure Edit Controls
11. Security
KeePass database files are encrypted. KeePass encrypts the complete database, i.e. not only your passwords. The user names, notes, etc. are encrypted, too.
12. TAN Support
KeePass supports TANs, i.e. passwords that can be used only once. These special passwords are used by some banks: you need to confirm transactions using such TANs. This provides additional security, as a spy cannot perform transactions, even if he knows the password of your banking account.
13. URL Field Capabilities
The URL field can execute any valid URL, for which you have defined a protocol handler.
14. Using Stored Passwords
There are many different methods to copy passwords stored in KeePass to other applications. The license of this antivirus & security software is Free, you can free download and free use this password manager software.
KeePass also provided a strong feature that randomly generates passwords to meet specific security requirements, offering yet another way to secure your data and activities. KeePass might have offered a clearer layout, but its ability to generate, store and retrieve passwords was excellent. Use it, and you won't have to keep using the same passwords over and over again, just to remember them. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known.
