Password generator and store

[R32UK]

Just wondering if anyone knows or uses a particular password generator/store that can sit on your desktop?

Any help is appreciated as I dont usually go for any desktop apps/gadget etc

I should probably add that it will be used to securely store usernames/passwords/email address etc - all linked to the same account/password.

thx

[redm4lc]

Though I've never used the passwords feature of http://www.xmarks.com/, I've heard that they do have one. You may want to have a look at that? For syncing bookmarks (it's main function), it's absolutely brilliant. My only advice is to be wary of most things that store passwords, it's quite a big security risk to store everything in one place...

[R32UK]

Though I've never used the passwords feature of http://www.xmarks.com/, I've heard that they do have one. You may want to have a look at that? For syncing bookmarks (it's main function), it's absolutely brilliant. My only advice is to be wary of most things that store passwords, it's quite a big security risk to store everything in one place...

Yes.. this is my thought also. However I now need to securely keep lots of account and passwords for account holders information. Although these are stored on our systems I will need regular access to these so somewhere secure on PC would be ideal solution.

will have a look at xmarks 

[redm4lc]

Yes.. this is my thought also. However I now need to securely keep lots of account and passwords for account holders information. Although these are stored on our systems I will need regular access to these so somewhere secure on PC would be ideal solution.

will have a look at xmarks 

Oh sorry about that. XMarks is more of a personal bookmark / password keeping app. Syncs it across all devices and browsers you use. Very good if you work on multiple laptops / workstations like myself. I completely missed your last point about account information  :embarassed:

If you're thinking on a larger scale there's much better solutions. Just depends exactly what you want. Are you after an out-of-the-box kind of application or are you relatively technical? If the latter, check out: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1054022/best-way-to-store-password-in-database (some excellent answers there).

[Jay]

A client uses KeePass and seems to do well with it, just make sure you keep a backup of the database file it creates...

[R32UK]

A client uses KeePass and seems to do well with it, just make sure you keep a backup of the database file it creates...

Thanks Jay!!

thats just the kind of thing I was looking for... built in generator is sweet also!