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- PassKeeper 1.0, 32-bit
- by Brad Greenlee
- Copyright 1995 iSYS International
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
- PassKeeper is a Windows utility that allows you keep a list of accounts with
- usernames, passwords, and notes. This list is stored encrypted.
-
- I developed PassKeeper in order to keep track of the many different "accounts"
- I have across the Net. Many services on the Web, for example, require you to
- register and give out a username and password, which you are often allowed
- to pick out yourself, but not always. Examples of such services include
- HotWired, Pathfinder, Amazon, etc. Of course, PassKeeper can be used to safely
- keep a record of anything, really.
-
- PassKeeper is freeware. All I ask is that this file remains with any
- redistributions of PassKeeper. Also, if you find any bugs or have any
- suggestions on improving PassKeeper, feel free to email me at brad@isys.hu
-
- The most up-to-date version of PassKeeper can always be found at
- ftp://ftp.isys.hu/incoming/win/utilities/passkeep.zip
-
- PassKeeper uses Eric Young's implementation of CBC Triple DES Encryption.
- Please see his copyright info at the end of this document.
-
-
- Installation and Usage
- ----------------------
- Installation is simple. You've already done it. When you run PASS32.EXE for
- the first time, you will be asked to enter the password you would like to use
- to access PassKeeper in the future. This password is also the key to
- encrypting and decrypting your data. It is very important that you do not
- forget this password, as your data will be undecipherable. You can change
- your password later, but only after logging in to the program.
-
- PassKeeper creates two files:
- PASS.INI Contains the user-configurable options.
- PASS.DAT Contains the encrypted data.
-
- If someone else using this machine would like to have their own PassKeeper
- list, just copy PASS32.EXE to a separate directory.
-
- If you ever forget your password the only thing you can do is delete the
- PASS.DAT file. You will lose all your entries of course. Actually, I suggest
- just renaming PASS.DAT or storing it somewhere else just in case you
- eventually remember the password.
-
-
- Options
- -------
- PassKeeper has only two user-configurable options:
- Confirm Remove When this option is checked, you will be asked
- whether you really want to remove an item when you
- click the 'Remove' button.
-
- Auto-Save on Quit When this option is checked, any changes you made
- while in PassKeeper will be saved automatically upon
- Quit (or Exit, or Close). Otherwise, you will be asked
- whether you would like to save your changes.
-
-
- BUGS
- ----
- None. Yeah right. None that I can see right now, but I'm sure there are still
- some around somewhere. Let me know if you find any.
-
-
- ISSUES
- ------
- 1. I believe PassKeeper is about as secure as currently possible. If anyone
- finds any holes please let me know as soon as possible. It has already been
- suggested to me that checking to see if there were any keyboard hooks in
- memory and giving a warning of such would be a good extra security precaution
- (i.e. your PassKeeper password could be grabbed by a keyboard hook). I'll
- look into this (if anyone knows how to do this or has seen code, send me an
- email; you'll save me some time).
-
- 2. The .EXE is a bit fat, as I compiled it with Borland C++ 4.5 and its OWL.
- If anyone knows how to significantly reduce the .EXE size of statically linked
- apps (I don't want to link it dynamically because I want it to be able to
- stand alone), please let me know.
-
-
- That's it. Thanks for using PassKeeper!
-
-
- Brad Greenlee
- brad@isys.hu
-
- Budapest
- 5 November 1995
-
-
- DES Copyright Info
- ------------------
- Copyright (C) 1995 Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au)
- All rights reserved.
-
- This package is an DES implementation written by Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au).
- The implementation was written so as to conform with MIT's libdes.
-
- This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as
- the following conditions are aheared to. The following conditions
- apply to all code found in this distribution.
-
- Copyright remains Eric Young's, and as such any Copyright notices in
- the code are not to be removed.
- If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution
- as the author of that the SSL library. This can be in the form of a textual
- message at program startup or in documentation (online or textual) provided
- with the package.
-
- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- are met:
- 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
- documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
- 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
- must display the following acknowledgement:
- This product includes software developed by Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au)
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG ``AS IS'' AND
- ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
- ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
- FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
- DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
- OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
- HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
- LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
- OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- SUCH DAMAGE.
-
- The license and distribution terms for any publically available version or
- derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be
- copied and put under another distrubution license
- [including the GNU Public License.]
-
- The reason behind this being stated in this direct manner is past
- experience in code simply being copied and the attribution removed
- from it and then being distributed as part of other packages. This
- implementation was a non-trivial and unpaid effort.
-