Pwsafe keyboard software#
Pwsafe keyboard password#

peer reviewed, heavily tested, strong encryption for password storage.

The pwsafe program is a command line interface password manager that does pretty much everything I need from a password manager, including the five features of a good password manager: Among these are Password Gorilla (GPL program written in Tcl/Tk), MyPasswordSafe (copyfree program using a BSD-like license, for KDE users), and my favorite, pwsafe. That problem has been solved by a number of work-alikes whose password database storage mechanisms are compatible with Password Safe’s, effectively offering several versions of the same program for several platforms, with several different interfaces for people who want the program’s interface to suit their specific needs more closely. Unfortunately, it is only for MS Windows systems. One of the most well-regarded password manager options is Bruce Schneier’s Password Safe, distributed under the terms of the Artistic License.

Pwsafe keyboard software#

In practice, some password managers fall short - especially if they are commercial software or heavily integrated with a given graphical user interface framework. The fact some people prefer to think of themselves as incompetent to use password managers should not dissuade the rest of us from doing the right thing for our own security.įive features of a good password manager should, in theory, be easy to satisfy. The answer, of course, is not to give up on password security it is to use a password manager. Of course, this means that these people are Doing It Wrong, and not that using short, easily remembered (and cracked) passwords, and reusing them everywhere, is Doing It Right. Judging by recent experience, it is being dismissed more and more often by people who think it does computer users no good because it encourages them to write passwords on pieces of paper and store them in unencrypted files where they can be harvested by others. The importance of strong, unique passwords is dismissed all too often. A benefit of a command line tool is that it is easily scripted to suit the needs of those who are almost, but not quite, perfectly happy with it. No password manager, by itself, suits everyone’s needs exactly.

No password manager, by itself, suits everyone's needs exactly. Use pwsafe as a keyboard shortcut driven X tool