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Password Manager that can sync
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Is there a good password manager app out there that can be synced across via iDisk? I currently use a password protected Word document which I don't think is safe enough.
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Originally Posted by taldrich 
Is there a good password manager app out there that can be synced across via iDisk? I currently use a password protected Word document which I don't think is safe enough.
Thanks
Bad idea...
I don't think Apple offers Secure WebDAV yet, so the last thing you would want to do is make all of your passwords available via authentication as flimsy as WebDAV (basic http auth).
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KeyChain can be synced via .Mac.
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
KeyChain can be synced via .Mac.
I wouldn't though. All of these poor security decisions on Apple's part will surely bite them in the ass someday, if not already.
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I remember a time where .Mac IMAP and/or SMTP auth was not encrypted, I remember when iDisk/Backup password exchanges over WebDAV were not encrypted (they still may not be).
If you are not going to offer a tremendous amount of enticing features at the price point in which .Mac is offered, I expect what they do offer to be secure.
.Mac is lame.
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Use Keychain.
As long as you use a strong master password it makes no difference that .Mac transfers aren't secure since the contents of the keychain are 128 bit triple DES encrypted. If that's still not good enough for you (  ) then you can further protect yourself by creating a new keychain (ie. not 'login') and saving it on a password-protected encrypted disk image which you can then save on your iDisk and open every time you need to unlock your keychain.
Personally I have a keychain called 'USB' which I keep on my (drum roll) USB drive! Macs I use regularly are set up to recognise this keychain automatically, any other Mac I just plug in and double click on the USB.keychain file to access my passwords. Once the USB drive is unplugged so is the keychain. I use keychain to store passwords (obviously), but also other sensitive information such as my credit card details using secure notes.
IMHO, Keychain is one of the most underated features of Mac OS, and one of the main things I miss when I have to use a PC.
Oh and yeah, .Mac is lame.
(Last edited by glypht; Feb 12, 2007 at 10:23 AM.
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Thanks, that's an excellent suggestion, I'll give it a try.
I'm surprised to hear so much criticism of .Mac, though. I find it pretty good. I run four computers in different locations, and I really like the way that all my data, calendars, book marks, addresses, e mail accounts etc are synced automatically. It means I don't have to think about where to find stuff - it's just there when I switch on. I guess if the security is weak, then that's a problem, but the overall functionality is good, in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by besson3c
I remember a time where .Mac IMAP and/or SMTP auth was not encrypted, I remember when iDisk/Backup password exchanges over WebDAV were not encrypted (they still may not be).
The passwords in your keychain are encrypted. So even if the file were transmitted in clear text, it's no use since the actual passwords are still encrypted. As long as you don't have the password for the keychain, all of the data is safe.
I think Keychain is the easiest way to go.
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Originally Posted by taldrich
I'm surprised to hear so much criticism of .Mac, though. I find it pretty good.
Let me clarify: .Mac is a very well-integrated and useful service. 
The $99 price tag is lame. 
I was a .Mac user for two years after iTools-gate, the value for money steadily declined to the point where the few features I couldn't get elsewhere for free weren't useful enough by themselves to warrant the price tag. But that's just me; whatever floats your boat.
Maybe when 10.5 comes out there'll be some new compelling reasons to get .Mac, or maybe they'll increase the storage, reduce the price, allow monthly payments, add PHP support, or any number of other improvements which would make it better value (for me), in which case I'll review my position.
Or maybe Google will bring out Gdisk, IMAP for Gmail, Browser Sync for Safari and a means of two way calendar syncing with iCal. Who knows....
(Last edited by glypht; Feb 12, 2007 at 10:34 AM.
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