My favorite online password manager Passpack has just taken a step in the right direction with support for OpenID.
For those who haven’t heard of Passpack, it is an online password manager that lets you securely store your passwords in an encrypted manner whose is known only to you. It is a very secure service and I use it for all my online credentials barring super-sensitive credit card info, bank logins, etc.You can read my complete Passpack Review here.
Now, if you are wondering what OpenID is, here is an excerpt from Wikipedia.
OpenID is a shared identity service, which allows Internet users to log on to many different web sites using a single digital identity, single sign-on, eliminating the need for a different user name and password for each site. OpenID is a decentralized, free and open standard that lets users control the amount of personal information they provide.
An OpenID is in the form of a URL. This URL can be the domain name of your own website, or the URL of an OpenID Identity Provider. When you log in with an OpenID, you have to log in to the Identity Provider for validation.
Sign up with Passpack using OpenID
PassPack OpenID
You can sign in with your OpenID by entering the OpenID identity and provider. The first time you do this, you will be taken to the provider’s page for authentication. Say ‘allow Passpack forever’ and you are all set.
Now, complete the Passpack signup process by selecting your Packing key.
Associate OpenID with Passpack account
- Sign in to your Passpack account
- Go to Settings -> Associate another login (new)
- You will be at the OpenID & 3rd Parties page
- You will be signed out and taken to the Passpack OpenID login page
- Then you will be taken to your Provider’s site to authenticate
- At MyOpenID, I said skip the authentication from now on and I was taken back to Passpack.
- I entered my Packing key and was greeted with this message.
OpenID
Use Google & Windows Live Login with Passpack
You can even login to Passpack with your Google or Windows Live account. How cool is that? The process is very similar to above.
Have you tried Passpack yet? And did I mention you get all this for FREE?
Thank you for your excellent post from Passpack’s staff.
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Donato, I have to thank you for this excellent application that makes my life easier everyday! 🙂 This is the least I can do – share my love for Passpack with my readers.
I have used Keepass till now. Will have to give this a try.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I currently have hundreds of post-it notes stuck to the wall next to my computer, with all my username/password combinations!
Cheers, Jon
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@Madhur – let us have your comments 🙂
@Jon – the post-it solution is not a good one 😉
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Madhur, KeePass is definitely good but Passpack is very elegant and the 1-click login is something you’ll get addicted. In fact, now that I don’t have to remember password, I tend to choose obscure and hard to guess passwords. Let me know if you liked it.
Jon, I used to use a notepad and write down the non-essential passwords. Now, its Passpack all the way.
Donato, thanks for chiming in. 🙂
will have to look into this. right now, i’m using notepad to keep track of passwords, and while it works, and it’s quick, would prefer something secure, as well as maybe something even easier to use. thanks for the heads up.
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