One
of the most common operations done on any computer, tablet, mobile
phone etc....is the use of passwords. How many times we hear a
distress call from students and teachers…..oh I forgot my password!
That means that the teacher/student has been locked out from any
services offered by a particular website.
One
used to write a password or two on a piece of paper. In many
experiences the paper would get lost. Besides the problem of
forgetting where that blessed paper is, one does not like the idea of
writing so many passwords on a piece of paper.
Is
there a solution? Yes there is. We are of the opinion to use a
password manager. The password manager keeps all your passwords in
one place. One has to remember just one single password ie to open
the password manager. One such manager is the Keepassx Manager. This is not an online manager where security is not
100%. This keeps the file with all the passwords on one's computer
only. There is no other hidden file put online or somewhere else.
The file cannot be opened by any other program.
The
advantage is that one can take the file (with all the passwords) on a
pendrive and use it on another computer (provided that keepassx is
installed on that computer too).
Other
advantages are: if you want a secure password and don't know how to
create one, especially a very secure one, keepassx will generate one
for you. Most people get annoyed writing a secure password because
they would have to type it all over again every time they need to
enter a particular website. Well with keepassx one can simply copy
and paste! That's all.
Most
people use names, phone numbers etc as passwords. For those who care
about security they would opt for a more secure password where a
mixture of numbers, letters, small and capital ones are used. An
example would be:
sGkREqL8fP2cUSMfDv2jd9CAzWScowgDvrWgnkXFgBUuNtpMeHDnDh
How's
that for security?! As one can see, keepassx can generate very secure
passwords. One can generate a smaller password too.
Another
tedious problem especially for teachers and students would be, if
there is somebody behind my back who is overlooking what I'm doing,
he/she might copy or remember my password!! With keepassx they just
see a series of dots....so one does not need to worry at all. If you want to see more screenshots then go to this webpage.
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