Paul Piatek & Chris Gilliland COSC 316 Fall 2011 KeePass Paul Piatek & Chris Gilliland COSC 316 Fall 2011
Outline Purpose of the tool Environment How it works Differences in versions (1.x vs 2.x) Experience of using the tool Use Installation Documentation Challenges
Purpose Everyone needs to remember many different passwords KeePass is a free open source password manager Save all your passwords in a database Locked with one master key or a key file
Environment KeePass requires the Microsoft .NET Framework or Mono Windows Vista and higher already include the .NET framework; for Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP you need to install it With Mono, KeePass also runs on Linux, Mac OS X, BSD (Berkeley Unix), and others
How it works Tutorial time
Differences in versions (1.x vs 2.x) 1.x does not require .net framework so useful for any windows prior to vista. 2.x requires .net framework Main Differences http://keepass.info/compare.html
Experience of using the tool: Use Installation Documentation Challenges
References http://keepass.info/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeePass
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