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Password Safe By Greg Gibson ITEC 400 V1FF 4/5/2007 What is Password Safe? • Open Source Program • Utility for Storing Passwords • Encryption for Security Adding an Entry • Group – File System • Title – Name Referencing Entry • Username • Password • URL – Web Site – [alt] To Not Use the Default Browser • AutoType – Default Settings – Tab Commands Autotype Commands • \u is replaced by the username associated with the entry. • \p is replaced by the password associated with the entry. • \t is replaced by the Tab key, to skip a field. • \n is replaced by the enter key, to simulate pressing a button. • \\ is replaced by the backslash (\) key. • \dNNN sets the delay between characters to NNN milliseconds, instead of 10 (the default). • All other text is typed as-is. • Example: The following can be used where the bank account number (12345) must be entered before the user and password: 12345\t\u\t\p\t\n (Shapiro, 2007) Using Password Safe • Password Safe in System Tray • Right Click • Browse to URL • Right Click • Perform AutoType Program Technical Information • C++ – Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) – Graphical User Interface (GUI) • Encryption – – – – Blowfish Key Length 32 to 448 Bits Symmetric Block Cipher Created by Bruce Schneier Work Cited • Schneier, Bruce (2007). Blowfish. Retrieved April 2, 2007, from The Blowfish Encryption Algorithm Web site: http://www.schneier.com/blowfish.html • Shapiro, Rony (3/29/2007). Password Safe. Retrieved March 30, 2007, from SourceForge.net Web site: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net • Wikipedia, (2007). Open Source. Retrieved March 29, 2007, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Questions ?