I've been using KeePass for quite a while for managing my passwords. Although it's a highly functional desktop application, it has several inherent drawbacks. Namely, it requires synchronization among various computers/media, lacks easy but maintainable sharing capabilities, has abridged functionality on Mac, and is a pain to setup on Linux.
After quite a bit of googling around I found two very interesting Web 2.0 alternatives: MashedLife and Passpack. Both are online password managers offering 1-click bookmarklet-based login.
A compelling feature of MashedLife is login sharing. That is if I setup a login entry as shared my wife will be able to use it right away. Neat. On the other hand, the service lacks such a basic feature as copying a password off of a login entry so it's not directly usable for system or database accounts.
Passpack is currently missing the sharing feature (it's in the works according to this blog entry). On the bright side, the password copy feature is there to use. Another noteworthy twist is that Passpack uses client-side encryption.
I'm going to give both services a try.
1 comments:
Just a few thoughts - we know that there is a need for sharing and it is in our plans. Here's a quick post about it:
http://tinyurl.com/36lxhc
And as for client-side encryption - this shouldn't be an option for an online application that is storing sensitive info like passwords.
Thanks for using Passpack.
Louise (Passpack)
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