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		<title>One Password Management Software To Rule Them All</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing secure passwords is important to protect the user accounts from being accessed by unauthorized users. The problem that arises for all users is that secure passwords are harder to remember. Writing them down is one solution to the problem. The other possibility that is more reasonable is using a password management software.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Choosing secure passwords is important to protect the user accounts from being accessed by unauthorized users. The problem that arises for all users is that secure passwords are harder to remember. Writing them down is one solution to the problem. The other possibility that is more reasonable is using a password management software.</p>
<p>A good password management software should ensure data security, provide password generation and integration into common web browsers to make the life of the user as comfortable as possible. </p>
<p>The password management software <a href="https://lastpass.com/">Last Pass</a> does all of that and much more. It currently supports Microsoft <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/internet-explorer/">Internet Explorer</a> and <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Mozilla Firefox</a> on Windows, Linux and Macintosh. It provides the option to import the existing passwords from Internet Explorer, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/firefox/">Firefox</a> and multiple password management software applications like KeePass and RoboForm and makes them available on their secure website and in the browser of choice.</p>
<p><span id="more-7297"></span>The password manager automatically recognizes websites that it has user data stored for in its database and will fill out the login forms automatically so that it is only a matter of clicking on login to login to the website.</p>
<p>Each password and the rest of the user data can be accessed on the last pass website. Sites can be loaded from there and data changed. The online profile provides access to another interesting feature: It is possible to fill out form data for login forms so that it will be automatically filled out as well when the user registers at a new service.</p>
<p>The password generator comes in handy when registering to a new service on the Internet. A hotkey or the notification on top of the website can be used to open the password generator which can be configured to suite the website&#8217;s requirements.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/password_management_software.jpg" alt="password management software" title="password management software" width="263" height="240" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7298" /></p>
<p>The Password Management Software Last Pass will also recognize password changes and ask the user if he wants to store the new password in the database. The passwords can be easily backed up and restored to access them on multiple computers. Since all of them are stored in encrypted form on the Last Pass website it&#8217;s only a matter of entering the login information and / or installing the plugin for the browser to access the passwords on other computers.</p>
<p>Windows users can also use a portable USB client that can connect to the password management service and pull the passwords from there after proving the correct login details.</p>
<p>One interesting feature is the function to share passwords. Have you ever send someone passwords in plaintext before? That should be a thing of the past because passwords can now be shared securely using Last Pass as well.</p>
<p>Lastly there is a feature to supply different login credentials if more than one account is stored in the password manager for a website. </p>
<p>The only problem that was encountered during tests happened when trying to change passwords on websites. The generated password would fill out the Old Password and the first form of the New Password field. A workaround for this was to copy the password from the password generator, let it paste the password and paste it manually in the second password field and enter the old password manually. Not a huge deal but something that could probably be easily fixed in future builds.</p>
<p>Last Pass is a comfortable password management software that should appeal to many users.</p>

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