Password generator & 'wallet'????

Hi All

Much has been made of the need for strong passwords when using the internet and I am sure that in common with many hereabouts I use a range of passwords depending on the site/usage I am making of a service.

I have also asked for PlusNet to return the days of stronger passwords ~ most of mine exceed the current 5-8 including a number constraint, because that is what used to be allowed!!!!!!!!! But I am loath to change my 'username' password at this time.

So, to my subject of the post is there a good password generator that is also a password wallet i.e. protect all my passwords in a encrypted form with one master password. If this can auto fill by some sort of selection method any web form so much the better. But what it does need to be is a standalone program i.e. one that does not need to be installed as such ~ in other words self contained in its own 'installed' folder without "fingers" in the Windows OS. This would also mean you can carry it with you on a USB stick if needed.

Any ideas?

TIA

Try this one here

http://keepass.info/

Think it should fit the bill for most of what you are looking for. It has also recently been reviewed by PC Pro along with a few others. May be worth checking there site to see if any info is available.

I may be wrong, but I think that even if your password exceeds 8 characters, it only looks at the first 8.

or...

http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

xela@msvm:~$ pwgen 8

Ao6eowae Ais7uoxu Ohsh8aer Ooveera6 Usoophe5 Iequah7l Yeej1the Iegahso4

geX9iiku Jeekeeb4 Peip7eig Eiy1iach nu0phohY uuRai8ye Weezee9r ooree1Th

sibiiN6y oowaiW7a Yiegh0ah aeRer0hi sho1Oadi Hee8iebu Taiph6na Oosh3aas

Weenge7s Oov1peij Aeg3loht kie4weeJ hahToo5h eeta3Ieg chol0eeF Seih7cot

itoC6ood no3Wohda Cah8aeve ohmi1eQu dahChae5 Aeroh1zo Oone6foo Eip3iyie

ail2Jied gee7yieR aiV0eadu shee1ohP feeVaig5 uga7Ahth ahthef6F aeToog6a

hai6Ieph oe3Zahlu Hei3eath Coc2okoo queiBoh2 Eephae0p fak3Ceil Ee8oujah

ov4ahSiu Rooch2ja uJ9ohghe Biagh6ke aexaeW1z ielei3Oo Eigh8shu nieChia3

Oi8efeev It5aihah du7Paewa Aivaeko0 toh6ooPu beeTieh7 Wie0weir Ees3aeyu

ux5Iegei Ee1eewos Lae2eiha ieM3aifa oorae4Ah oChah4ah Pia0ruow ahsh1Bee

Iu1ieshu Ho6aedav Rae1xiem Eiwax6bi Xoono0we Ahn0uomi ajeiS5si Apeexah2

que0haYa zohr4ohJ ca9aQuah eeshe3De Ohmou8zu veeN2ahs up5Eehoh leng5Eif

Ith6gonu Aich6yie eep7Ieni Phev2vai veeV6ooj eiGh1too Aeche4fe Oux3ichi

oucaB8ik Theirie7 Agej8bah nae8Pooj ieSh3ees Eeph1gai Vei7eoro Eesh5oon

uGhool2i ohbu7aKu eep6Aixa aeRaiv6t taiJa7yu iz5zeiVa Ohs9ethu zaiNgu0u

moo1Leih ui8Teiya Aixiegh6 fiFe6vee chitaeH8 Fa0itiiy pah7kaeN eizu8Eix

Otheith9 eekaiCh2 Quuj4oxu Ue8eewou fie4Faiz eitah8Ie Eph9cith ahz3Chom

phuW6wov xi3sahSa Ijee2abo iHongee7 rituo8Ee Hiequie5 Cheu3aex Pi6samoo

Ail5eshi it7Heeha Maev1aif kae4Oore ka6Usiyu eeWe2xia ubo4ahGi eePhee8f

Die3shaj Ki7oosok Vay5daim rua1eiPh Vuar4jai xeyiu7Iv Wai1ouko equox5Ra

xela@msvm:~$ pwgen 5

Wul0h Boaf8 Aes7e eGe0x woh3I Oyin0 Eiw0v Shoo5 Ohch1 Jae9o ia9Wu Eeki5 jahX4

Pohj7 Tei4z Eilo8 Eing7 Ye4do ohCh7 ieLi0 Aip1m ohBu9 Veg2y eiD5v Aph4s aeCh9

Ohje0 yei6U Aing9 Fi7ai ha4Ol ahPh3 Me4te ca8Ba Eezi6 lo4Ue ro1Lo hae5P Poos7

guoL9 zahY6 iew7P Ahm7w fah1Y xie5I Ool3o Ei6ei ze5Ae aeWe8 cieJ2 sha3U Ou0ah

jo1Fe Eci4i Ok0iu cooD0 Nee1o eR7ej yai1E Quei6 vee0Z oWai6 Eiw5s Ahv0o Va2ud

ot2Ai ooWo4 Juuj4 Jae0u aiB4e xee5A Shie2 ii9Lu Aiph8 waT6k Oogh9 Ipie2 ahT6j

Xoz8v ex7Ph Tuot2 Ooz0c Be5ae Oov8o Xoh1e Aa6pu Ib8ch ohp7M Uuy1y Bo8ib ooMo9

Oox9m Laez1 Zi6ah Eedu0 Eich8 mee8A Ooyu4 Eil4c ou8Co euZ9k Ya3ca Fe0ie Aey0e

Aich1 uM8ie Hoh2j Oz4hu eiQu2 Zuh9y Pip0p Ahqu6 Eum5a ohC8o moo6A ma6Oo Choo6

Die6o om9Go Ve7sh Eiph2 Choh7 Do8ay Op2gi Aith9 eiD5m Es1oa iRoo7 Meit9 iF9oh

ier7U Ewe5o Pao0v Jee5a Mee2z Esah8 Aeh7u Auso0 uCh1r yah3O Upa5u vuu4A eeY8o

Quu9l Oh3es Doo8b weiP9 Ahou9 Poh7w Ien4w rahX5 aew5O Moh3i Oop3j Ohf8s aeY8g

aph4O eiCu8 Bie1e aoc3E aeSh9 eeNg8 Ladu2 sai8O ahb6Z tei7I eix8J Ahza5 ohPh5

Uv6tu Ou0ee Yah5i Fai0m Thee8 aeNg0 Eeb9j Ohg5e zo8Vo Sah9u aKei7 Aish7 Vo6mo

Im3da Aix0g ja1Uc Ieb8o bohV4 Aew7e Vei9t uu7Ph pho6W Io6qu Shai4 Evoh2 Ijai2

Eich7 She9i Mie3u aa2Ai Hiu2i eu6Ah aeK4s ohd9T Thee1 Omae9 Shah5 Ih0ke Eush7

Yi8wo Caih2 Choo9 Ahp5n Ahb4s lohC9 eiSh7 Jie4j Oom8a doh5A gee1U Ur0hu eeF7o

oob9X Ohr0h Oow4o Ahfu8 Boh4f aej2A Ung6e jo4Oo geL6a ooR3e ao7Ah ubiX3 eiJ7f

Aequ8 Ro4iv ia6Xe Eega0 uSh1o muaB4 caF1i Head2 foH1o ahl4E Doen1 xaiT9 Be0ae

wu7Hu ohNg1 Es2oh ooQu5 ieNg6 Eid2o Iph6i eTh7i yiTo5 Phi4u eiL3o ahNg1 Ge5le

take your pick note that these are designed to be memorable, rather than totally random.

No suggestions on a wallet, though. Have you thought about good old pen and paper + simple code? (e.g. if the password is a1B2c3 write it down as a2B3c4)

That used to be the case with Unix but not sure if it still is.

Ian

I use password safe (mentioned by someone else) http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

As for a "wallet" I have a USB key that has the password safe copied on to it. It is possible to run it directly from the usb key and I take it everywhere with me on my key ring. The safe is encrypted with a master password and you can double click on an entry and paste the password rather than typing it so it wouldn't get picked up by key loggers.

You can also try here:

http://www.u3.com/

There is all sorts of software that will run from a U3 standard thumbdrive, including password vaults.

Trouble with password safe is that sometimes it doubles the length of the password event though the orginal can be viewed .. you cannot double click on it. It is a bit arbitary like that ..some it takes some it doesnt. But then you can copy and paste so it defeats key loggers and its free,

"The safe is encrypted with a master password and you can double click on an entry and paste the password rather than typing it so it wouldn't get picked up by key loggers."

Alas some keyloggers also capture the Windows clipboard.