More important, he's been around for a long time, and the product is extremely mature. His code is COMPLETELY open sourced and heavily vetted by a number of sources. KeePass is produced by someone who is as passionate about security as I am about hot fudge sundaes. I had known about it for a while, but it was cumbersome to have to manage a copy on a thumbdrive, a version on each computer, and to sync them all.ĭropbox + KeePass = a marriage made in heaven. The problem was, how to use it effectively.Īnd that's where KeePass came in. Then I discovered DropBox, and it was love at first 'site'. I enter a password on my laptop, and instantly, no matter what computer I log in to, my password is available there.īut I quickly started getting nervous about my cloud database getting hacked, which would be MUCH more catastrophic than having an email account get hacked.Īlso, a number of the cloud providers make noises about encryption over the wire, but can't insure that your information is secure once it REACHES its cloud destination. So I was very interested in solutions that used the cloud.

But I've always been terribly lazy about backups. The single biggest concern for me is putting all my eggs in one basket on one hard drive. So I started investigating a number of solutions. I have been using the same user ID and password (or small variants) for YEARS, and I suddenly was SHOCKED to realize how vulnerable I was. I finally 'got religion' when I had a Gmail account get hacked. I long ago figured out that there's rarely a right or wrong with software, its usually about tradeoffs and personal values.

I was asked 'Do you recommend KeePass for personal use', and *I* said…ĭo I recommend this for personal use? ABSOLUTELY! In fact, it was my use of it personally that led me to believe its ready for prime time in the 'business' setting.īut temper my comments with a grain of salt - I am a KeePass bigot of the worst sort, which you will quickly see. So in the case you might be one of those, this is for you. It isn't the right product for everyone, but it's perfect for me, and people like me. So, mostly unedited, find attached my sermon about KeePass and password security. Sometimes I tone down my enthusiasm, which can be infectious, but can also be off-putting.īut I was recently asked about the KeePass product, and after re-reading my reply I realized that a blasé, two paragraph note really doesn't do this product justice.

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