Great little App., Roboform

[Quadzila@optonline.net]

Been using this for a couple of weeks now after reading a review in PC Mag, it automatically fillls out web forms and IDs & passwords. Theres a $30 version but the free version has a lot of features, check it out at http://www.roboform.com/

[PN]

Powerful Passwords
11.02.05

Most PCs and lots of personal data, such as bank records and Web mail access, are guarded only by a username and password. Usernames are fairly easy to guess and often pre-filled in, so you need to make sure your passwords are strong—not easily guessed or cracked by "dictionary" attacks that throw millions of letter combinations at the dialog. Many of the most widespread Internet worms have built-in dictionaries of common passwords, and once they are running on your system, they can attack your computer and others on your network.

Don't use any part of your username, full name, address, birth date, and so on. This data is readily available to intruders.
Don't use English or even foreign words.
Make sure your password is at least six to eight characters long. In fact, the longer the password, the better.
Use different kinds of characters in your password. At the very least, your password should contain uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and numbers. If you're comfortable with non-alphanumeric symbols (such as #@!&) or extended ASCII characters (which you can access by holding down Alt and typing on the number pad), use them.
Change passwords every month to six weeks.
Don't write your passwords on a sticky note and post it on your monitor.
If you need to keep a repository of passwords, use a utility like RoboForm Pro (www.roboform.com) that keeps an encrypted list of all your passwords under a single master password. These programs can also generate strong passwords to your specifications.

PC Magazine (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1880305,00.asp)

[jimnms]

I use Password Safe (http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/), free, opensource, nuff said. ;)

[mike]

I use Roboform and find it a very convenient program to use as trying to remember passwords at my age and taking Neurontin is very difficult. I paid the $30.00 fee and got the Pro model as it holds an almost unlimited amount of passwords. It also has a password generator. should you want to use it. which creates a password that would be very difficult to decipher or remember.