Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Sooner or later, every user or administrator faces the security problem of storing multiple passwords. You will either choose to create one universal password for all occasions, or you will store all your passwords in some insecure, insecure place. Therefore, if you are concerned about the current situation and are worried about the safety of your passwords, you will have to look for a solution.

I recommend you a free and reliable solution. KeePass is feature rich, free, and most importantly, open source. The latter eliminates embedding code to track your data and steal passwords. The convenience of using this program is that you will need to come up with and remember only one password, and you can use it to access the database of all your passwords. Plus, for complete protection against unauthorized access, KeePass has the ability to create a key in the form of a file without which access to the password file will not be possible in the future.

Installing KeePass

To install Kipas, go to the download page (here). On the site you can choose 2 versions of the program: Classic Edition and Professional Edition. For the first version of the program to work, you will not need to have Microsoft.NET installed, which is mandatory for the second version of the program. I recommend installing Professional. Plus, it is possible to install a portable version on your computer. Portable is preferred because it leaves no traces and does not create entries in the registry. It just works.

You simply download the portable version, unzip the archive to the location where you plan to run the program. Since I work from different locations on different computers, I found a solution for myself to use Google Drive to store the program and the password file. With such an organization of the program location, all changes and settings are saved for any computer wherever I work. Just take and move the folder with the program to the Google Drive folder. You can also use any cloud service to store the program and the password file. If you prefer removable media, you can use a flash drive. This is exactly what the Portable version of the program has.

How to Russify KeePass

After installation, the first thing to do is to Russify the program. Russifying KeePass is very simple. Download from this page a file with a translation for your language and in the case of a portable version, simply save the file from the archive to the folder with the program (the file looks like Russian.lngx). Please note that you need to select the file corresponding to your version for downloading.

After that, launch the program, select “Change Language ...” in the “View” menu and select Russian in the window that opens (the available language will appear only if you downloaded the correct version of the Russification file and put it in the program folder). The program will prompt you to restart it. You agree and Russification is completed.

Creating a password database

The next step is to create a password database. This is a special file that actually stores all your account and password data with all the settings. You can create multiple files that store passwords. And each will have its own password. This can be done if several people work on the same computer under the same account and everyone needs access to their passwords. And then in this case, each user only opens their own file and enters their password for access.

To create a new database, go to the "File" item and select "New ..." or you can immediately press the key combination Ctrl + N. In the window that opens, select the location where your password file will be stored. As I said earlier, this file can be stored on any medium (DropBox, Google Drive, Yandex Disk, or just on a flash drive). Choose a name for the file and click Save.

The next step is to create a master password to access your password database. To protect your data, KeePass offers 3 different protection methods. Each of them can be used separately, or for complete and maximum protection, use all three or at least two methods. I don’t use the third method (Windows Account), so I won’t recommend it to you either.

To protect a file:

1. We invent and create the main password for access. This is exactly the password that you will need to remember once to access all passwords. In the field, enter the password and in the second field "Password repeat:" enter exactly the same password. If the passwords match, the input field will be highlighted in white, if they do not match, in red. The bar below (Assessed quality) indicates how secure the password you have created is. Try to keep the stripe, if not full, then at least in the green zone.
2. If you want to have verification by a key file, click on the "New" button (number 4 in the figure) and select a location to store this file. Again, this can be any medium, but logically it should be a medium other than the one on which the password file is stored. For example, a flash drive that you carry in your wallet for a key and a file with a database is stored in cloud storage and you remember the password for it. However, keep in mind that you will not be able to recover the password, and if you lose the key file, you will also lose access to the database and cannot be restored. I use only the first method of protection. I came up with a very complex password and remembered it.
3. You can also add an account as an identification method. But in the case of the portable version of KeePass, for example, you will not be able to access the password file from another computer than the one you created it on.

As the next step, the program will prompt you to configure some parameters of the password database. I usually leave all settings unchanged. You can increase the number of cycles for encryption for better protection. The higher the number, the longer it takes to open the database with passwords. The time also depends on the power of your computer. The number of cycles can be selected for a specific computer on the basis that the database will open for 1 second. Just click on "Calculate for second delay". For my work computer, that number was over 14 million cycles. If you specify this parameter, then for a less powerful computer (for example, you open the base on a weak old laptop), the opening time will not be 1 second, but much longer. The rest of the tabs are left as default.

Setting up and creating entries

After successfully creating the database, the program will automatically open this database and examples of records will already be created in the window. You can safely delete them or study them as examples.

The program window has 3 main areas that you will constantly use:

1. This is the area to group your data into folders. With their help, you can see all the records or sort by a specific group. From the very beginning, it is best to decide on the structure of your data for storage. For example, I sort by folders in the following way: my sites, money, email, hosting, ftp, etc.
2. The second area is the entries that are in the folder you selected on the left.
3. The third area is information about the entry that is selected.

To create a new folder, right-click on the folder within which you want to create. And in the drop-down menu, select "Add group" (1). In the window for adding a group, in the "General" tab, enter the name (2) and you can select the icon (3) for convenience.

The next step is to create a record directly that will store all the data about the login, password and other fields for quick access to them. To create, right-click in the field with records and select "Add record ..." or you can press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + I.

A pop-up window will open with multiple tabs. The main fields to fill in are in the first tab.

Fill in the "Name" field as the name of the profile for the password being created. The name will be your login for entering and the password, respectively, the password. The link field is either the site on which you use the login password or a link to the executable file if you enter the login and password in the program, and not on the site. Later in the article I will show an example of how to use it.

If you are creating an entry for an already existing account with a password, you simply enter the existing password. To check the correctness of the entered password, simply click on the button with 3 large dots and the program will display symbols instead of dots. If a new entry is being created and a password needs to be created, then your best bet is to use the password generator that is built into KeePass.

To open the password generation tool, click on the button with the image of a key and a gear to the right of the "Password repeat" field. To use this tool without opening the entry creation form, simply select "Tools" -> "Password Generator ..." from the menu.

With this form, you can create as complex passwords as you need. And thanks to the fact that you no longer need to memorize them, feel free to generate and use the most complex combinations.

In the password generator settings, you can specify which characters, uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and even special characters to use in generation (1) . The length of the password is also indicated. After setting the settings, you just need to open the "View" tab and select any of the options in the list (3) . If you need to exclude any character from the generation, this can be done in the "Advanced" tab (2) .

After filling in all the data on the first tab, go to the most interesting, convenient and useful tab "Autodial" (it was because of this feature that I fell in love with this particular program). Auto-dial allows you to automatically fill in the fields for entering the site or in the program by pressing the key combination Ctrl + Alt + A.

For autodial, go to the "Autodial" tab, check that autodial is enabled.

1. This switch selects which sequence to use when filling out login forms. For the most efficient use, it is best to think over the folder structure right away and set up a sequence for each of the folders. In this case, the new entry will inherit the sequence defined for the folder.
2. We add a target window so that the program can determine which login and password entry to use. More on this below.

To set a general autodial sequence for a folder:

1. Right click on the folder
2. Select "Edit Group" from the drop-down list
3. Go to the "Automatic" tab
4. Click on the wand to generate a sequence
5. We set the required sequence. It is set as follows - in the "Placeholder" window is selected by clicking on the corresponding entry. The list is very large and it is possible to make almost any sequence. In my case, the following will happen: the title of the entry (Title) will be added to the field, then pressing the Tab key, then login, Tab, password and at the end Enter.

After that, if the "Inherit autodial from group" radio button is selected when creating an entry, this sequence will be used. If it is necessary to change autodialing for any of the entries in the group, select "Use the following sequence" and set the required one.

How to use KeePass

Using the example of creating entries for logging in to a site in the Google Chrome browser and for connecting to an FTP server using FileZilla, I will show you how to create entries and use them. I always use KeePass to log in to my sites.

1. In the left folder window, create a folder of entries for entering sites. In the folder, click create a new entry.
2. Knowing my username and password, I write the name of the site in the title, the login in the name and the password in the password, respectively.
3. Go to the "Autodial" tab and set the switch to the "Inherit autodial from group" position. By default, autodial contains a sequence that in most cases is suitable for filling out login forms.
4. The next step is to specify the login window for the program so that KeePass can automatically determine which entry to use for (in our case, this is a tab in Google Chrome with an open page of my site). Please note that the window and site must be open and active. Click the add button.
5. In the drop-down list "Target window" we find the element we need and click "Ok". There can be several target windows for one record. And for each you can set the sequence. This is convenient if you use the same login and password for different sites and each requires its own sequence.
6. The target window should appear in the list. Click "OK" and save our database by clicking on the blue floppy disk.

The record has been created and it remains for us to check for performance. We open our site with a login form, put the cursor in the login field and press the key combination Ctrl + Alt + A. If everything is done correctly, KeePass will automatically insert the login data, password and click on enter.

In order to use KeePass to insert a login and password in a program (for example, such as ), you must use the "Name" field and change the input sequence.

1. For convenience, we create a folder for FTP connections. When creating a folder, in the "Autotype" tab, switch to the "Use the following sequence" position.
2. Use the Magic Wand button to the right of the field to set the following sequence as in the image.
3. In the created folder, add a new entry for connecting to FTP and in the "Name" field indicate the FTP address that the hosting provider gave you for the connection. The "Title" field will be used in the sequence for typing as (Title). Those. kipas will take the data from the "Name" field (in my case it is 192.168.1.200) and substitute this value in the FileZilla field as the address. Login and password are filled in as in the previous example.
4. In the "Autodial" tab, when creating an entry, we specify to inherit autodial from the group. This is useful if you have a lot of entries in a folder and need to change the sequence. You just change the folder settings and all entries will inherit it.
5. We add the target window by clicking the "Add" button and selecting from the list (for this we launch the necessary FileZilla program)
6. Click "OK" and check if it works.

In this article there will be no long discussions on the topic - where and why to store passwords, which password manager to choose, etc. etc. If you came to my site from a search engine (and according to statistics, this is my main audience), then you are already aware of the importance and convenience of storing passwords in specialized programs. And your choice, as well as mine, is the KeePass program. Now your task is to figure out how to use KeePass, how to set it up and how to work with it effectively.

Well, you've come to the right place! KeePass is truly one of the best, safest, and free password managers out there. And the video tutorial below tells almost everything about this program. You can even say that this is a step-by-step video instruction for KeePass.

In his video tutorial, the author tried to reveal all the subtleties that both beginners and advanced users need to know in order to effectively use this password manager. The whole process of work is described - from downloading and installing the program to auto-typing and connecting plug-ins. I have never seen such a detailed video tutorial on the KeePass program on the net.

See for yourself the content of the lesson:
(who can't wait - go straight to watching the video)

• Where to download and how to Russify KeePass
• How to create and configure a new password database
• How to create a key for additional database protection
• Overview of the program interface and menu sections
• Learn more about the features of the password generator
• Overview of the KeePass section - "Settings"
• How to create and edit groups (categories)
• How to add records to the database
• The principle of operation of autodial
• Installing a plugin for automatic backup of the password database.

Keepass is a free password manager. It is useful primarily to those users who are forced to create separate passwords for each service. At the same time, it should be understood that storing passwords and logins in the browser's memory or somewhere on the sheet is unreliable, since they can be accidentally lost and / or stolen by intruders.

Using Keepass to store passwords

The default interface of the program is in English, but it can be translated into Russian by downloading and installing the Russifier. The program also has several handy tools for working with passwords. Let's look at the process of interacting with her in more detail.

Download and install

It is recommended to download the program from the official website of the developer, since the manager has an open source code, therefore, a version with built-in spyware may be distributed on resources with a bad reputation.

On the site you can find three versions of the program:

• Classic Edition is a standard version of the program that has reduced requirements for hardware and software components of the computer. For example, it is not necessary to have the Microsoft.NET package installed for it to work;
• Professional Edition - it weighs more than the previous version, and it also requires the installed Microsoft.NET package to work. At the same time, some modified tools and capabilities are available to the user;
• Portable is a portable version downloaded in a ZIP archive. It can even be run from a flash drive. The main advantage is that it does not leave any records of its work on the computer, so you can not worry about the safety of your personal information.

The installation process for the first two versions is almost the same. You check or uncheck certain items, accept the license agreement, wait for the installation to complete and use it.

In the case of the portable version, instead of installing it, you only need to unpack the ZIP archive wherever you like. You can install this version of the program on a USB flash drive or even a virtual disk and store your passwords there. Also, the portable version works fine on other operating systems, such as Android, Linux Ubuntu, etc.

In terms of working with programs, there are practically no differences.

Translation of the interface into Russian

If you are not satisfied with the English-language interface of the program, then you can change it by adding a special file to the main directory of the program and selecting the Russian language in the settings. The localizer file has the following name - «Russian.Ingx». On the official website, it is advisable to select a file that is compatible with your current version.

To download and install the localization for your version of Keepass, do the following:

Creating a database with passwords

In Keepass, you can create several files that will be password databases. This is useful in cases where several people use the computer and everyone needs their passwords to be saved, but not in one common file that all users will have access to. The created file can be protected from unauthorized access and saved on any medium. True, in the case of the Classic Edition and Professional Edition, there may be some limitations.

The process of creating a password database file might look like this:

Working with the database

Upon completion of creating a file with a database, it will be opened in the main program window. By default, it will already contain some information of a familiarization nature. You can change or delete them.

To create your own entries, follow these instructions:

Account login

After creating an entry with a password and login in the database, try to log into your account on a particular site. To do this, open the login form, put the cursor in one of the fields and press the key combination Ctrl+Alt+A. If everything is configured correctly, then you should be logged into your account. It should be understood that depending on the settings above, the login process may take some time.

Keepass is a great program for saving passwords and logins, but at the same time, those who are not well versed in computers may have a question about how to use this program. Yours was considered an example of using the program, as well as its main functionality.

Each user of the global network has to remember dozens of logins and passwords from various sites. Of course, someone gets by with one code for all occasions, but this is at least unsafe.

But there is another option - to use a special KeePassX password storage. With this application, you can collect all passwords in one secure database, and extract them from there if possible. So, let's figure out how to use KeePass, and how to install the program on different operating systems?

The KeePass password manager is a universal application that is available on different operating systems. This number includes both desktop OS Linux, Windows, MasOS, and its mobile variations.

Installation in Linux is performed by regular means or through the terminal. In the latter case, you need to open a command prompt and type sudo apt-get keepassx. To install the application on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other distributions based on Debian or Ubuntu, there is no need to include third-party repositories.

To install the program on Windows and MacOS, you need to go to the official website and download the installation package for your OS.

In the installation wizard, you will need to go through the standard steps - choosing the directory where the program files will be stored, as well as creating a shortcut on the desktop.

Russification KeePassX

But how to Russify KeePassX? An older version of the program needed to install additional language packs, and the version with the "X" prefix already supports the Russian language. If during installation you accidentally chose the wrong option, then you need to go to the menu "Tools" and choose here "Settings". On the main tab, you will find the Language item, where you will need to set the default Russian language.

How to use KeePassX?

1. Create a password vault

Setting up KeePass starts with creating a vault where all passwords will be stored. To do this, in the main window of the program, go to the menu "Vault" and choose the item "New Storage".

Next, a window will appear in front of us in which we need to set a master password that will be used to access the saved database. Remember that the security of your data depends on its complexity, so when creating it, be sure to choose the option with mixed case letters, numbers, and it is desirable that they do not combine with significant dates in your life and do not have abbreviations for names.

To enhance protection, you can also connect a key file. You can choose your own text document or generate a new one. When finished with passwords, click the button "OK".

Our next step is to save the storage to a file so that you can save it and transfer it to another device at any time. Go back to the menu "Vault" and select the item "Save Storage", then specify the path where the file will be stored and give it a name.

2. KeePassX password saving

To add a new password to the database, you must click on the corresponding icon in the main program window or go to the menu "Records" and select item "Add New Entry".

In the window that appears, set the name of the entry and enter all the necessary data, such as login, password and a link to the site. Here you can also change the record icon, as well as set the duration during which the entered data can be used.

3. Use of passwords

So, we learned how to create notes, but now it's time to learn how to use them. There are many options here, among which the user can choose the most convenient.

Open the site where you want to sign in. You can do this directly from KeePassX using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+U or through the context menu - item "Open URL". You can simply enter the link in your browser.

Next, copy the username using the Ctrl + B keyboard shortcut or select the appropriate item from the context menu. Paste the copied data into the login field on the site. Repeat the same operation with the password, only here the Ctrl + C combination is used.

Another option is to use auto-input. To do this, open the required site in a browser or through Ctrl+U, then in the KeePassX context menu, select the "Make auto-input" item or, having selected the desired entry, press the combination Ctrl + V.

After this operation, all data will be automatically entered into a special form on the site, and the user will only have to confirm the correctness of the login and password.

4. Grouping passwords

When the number of sites used is difficult to count on the fingers, it is advisable to group the records in advance according to certain criteria. To do this, go to the menu item "Groups" and select "Add Group", then enter the name of the category and confirm all actions with the button "OK".

You can also add a group to KeePassX through the context menu right in the main program window. It is worth noting that when deleting a category, all folders will automatically be moved to the trash, which will be created automatically.

5. Restore and export storage

KeePassX users can export any storage to a CSV file, which is supported by many other programs as well as mobile devices. To do this, go to the menu "Vault" and select the item "Export to CSV file". Importing a previously saved record is done through the same menu, but you need to select the appropriate item. Synchronization of KeePass with the base is performed either manually or automatically. In the latter case, you need to go to the program settings and choose the most convenient option for yourself.

conclusions

In this article, we looked at how to use KeePass. This is a convenient password storage that has an automatic filling function, as well as the ability to export the database to a separate file. All data is stored in encrypted form right on your computer, and if necessary, they can be moved via a removable drive.

Everyone who has to deal with the Internet, whether for work or entertainment, sooner or later comes to the need in some way store passwords for websites. At the same time, all stages of storage are passed. Initially, passwords are stored as separate files with no specific location. Then, after losing several of them, the passwords are stored in a single file, usually a text file. And when the number of passwords exceeds several dozen and they become more and more important, it becomes clear that they cannot be stored in this form and it is time to look for a program for storing passwords. But you do not have to do this - such a program has already been found, and it is called KeePass

Description of KeePass

KeePass (full name - KeePass Password Safe) is a free password storage program developed by Dominik Reichl for the Windows operating system. KeePass supports the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) and Twofish algorithms for encrypting its database passwords. It is possible to export the database to TXT, HTML, XML and CSV formats, as well as import it from many different formats.
As you can see, Kipass has a lot of advantages - free, open source, high degree of data protection and portability. KeePass can be carried on a flash drive and used in a wide variety of places. And Advanced Encryption Standard password encryption algorithms are the most reliable in the world - banks use them in their work. So you don't have to worry about data security. Among other things, the KeePass project is actively developing, which guarantees the release of new versions.
Let's quickly download KeePass and start a closer acquaintance with this wonderful program. An overview of all its capabilities is not included in the scope of this article, but we will learn how to configure and work with it.

Installation

At the time of writing, there are two versions of the program: 1.17 and 2.10. They differ from each other - 2.10 is more advanced in terms of features and amenities. For me, for example, the ability to synchronize data in this version is very important, since I have 3 copies of Kipass: at home, at work and a flash drive. It is clear that the data on them must be the same, and when changing (adding) the password, I do not need to go into each of the programs - I use synchronization and all the latest changes are automatically transferred to another copy of the program. Okay, agree. But for version 2.10, a Microsoft .NET Framework library higher than version 2.0 must be installed on the computer.

Version 1.17 is also working and supported, it just has fewer features. It does not need additional libraries for its work and it is guaranteed to run on any computer. The appearance of both versions is the same.

Since the Microsoft .NET Framework is free and installed by default on Vista, we will be downloading the 2.10 portable version.

You can download the program from the official website, the Russian language module will have to be downloaded separately. We go to the KeePass website. Click on the link "Portable KeePass 2.10 (ZIP Package)" and on the next page we are waiting for the download to start. If it does not start, click the "direct link" link and download the archive.

Regardless of the download option, we will receive an archive that needs to be unpacked. Since this is a portable version of KeePass, this completes the installation. The folder with the program itself can be placed on any drive other than the system drive (usually drive "C"). Thus, if the system crashes and then reinstalls Windows, the passwords will remain intact.

Russification

We download the Russian translation file for our version of the program in the section, unpack it and drop the file with the “.lngx” extension into the root folder of the program.

Working with KeePass

We start work. By pressing KeePass.exe we launch KeePass. Now we need to activate our installed Russian language module. Go to View->Change language and change the language to Russian.

The program will close and then start again with the Russian interface. The next step is to create a new database file that will store our passwords. Click on the icon with a leaf and in the window that opens, specify the name and location of the file. Choose the name yourself, but you need to place the file in the same folder as the program itself.

After specifying the storage location of the database file, a window will open in which you need to enter a password to access the database.

Think up and enter a password. The longer it is, the more secure the database will be. Find a compromise that is long enough, contains at least letters and numbers, and is easy to remember. Click OK and you will be taken to the next window, in which you do not need to do anything. There are settings in its tabs, but they are quite suitable for the job. After clicking OK, a new database will be created. It already has some data that can be used for work.

Now let's go to the "Tools->Settings" menu.

In the "Advanced" tab, check the box "Automatically save when closing / locking the password database." Now the database itself will be saved when the program is closed. Before creating new records with passwords in the database, let's close the program and, by starting it again, check the entrance to it. At the entrance, a password entry window will appear.

We enter our password. By clicking on the box with three dots we will make the password visible - a very handy thing. Then we click OK and we get into the already fully configured and ready-to-use program with an open database.

By clicking "Cancel" we will also open the program, but without opening the database.

How to add a new username and password to KeePass

Easily. To do this, select the group in which they will be located and add it through the menu "Edit->Add entry".

In our case, the entry will be added to the "General" group.
In the “Add Record” window that opens, we have to work often, so let's look at it in more detail.

There are no special problems when working with it - everything is clear from the names of the fields. In the "Name" field, enter a logical name for the entry. I usually name by site address without using "http" in the name. As a result, the entries are in alphabetical order, which is very convenient. In the "Name" enter your login to enter the site, in the "Password" - the password. In this case, the bar under this field will display the strength of the password. When creating a new entry, the program itself generates a password that can be used. We will enter our own, not forgetting to press the button with three dots when entering it. We repeat the password.

Now we will move on to the "Comments" field. It is optional to fill in, but in practice it is difficult to do without it - there will always be information that can be entered into it. When working with a plastic card, I keep all its details in it - from the number and CVV code, to the secret question, address and passport data. Thus, all data is at hand. Click OK and the entry we created will appear in the "General" section.

Features of working in KeePass

Working in the program is quite convenient. The basis for work is a line with a record. As we can see, it consists of the values ​​of the fields we entered: title, name, link password and comment.

On each of them, by clicking 2 times with the mouse, we will get the result. By clicking on the title, we will open a window for editing the record. Double-clicking on the rest (except for the link field) will copy the contents into memory for 12 seconds, after which the memory will be cleared. Thus, you can not be afraid that an important password will hang in the computer's memory after KeePass is closed.

Let's see what the entrance to the site will look like. We click on the area with the link - the site opens. We click on the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe line with the name - the login is copied to memory. Go to the site and paste it. Returning to Kipass, click on the area with the password, which will be copied to memory. Going back to the site, insert it into the appropriate field. That's all.

As already mentioned, records are easy to find when they are in alphabetical order. To do this, in the drop-down menu you need to go to "Order" and select "Sort by username".

How to sync KeePass databases

If you have more than one copy of the program, then you need to somehow synchronize the data in them. Not to climb on each record and check it with the record of another copy, right. Fortunately, KeePass makes this procedure very easy. Go to the menu "File->Synchronize->Synchronize with file" and in the window that opens, specify the database file of another instance of the program. By double-clicking on it, or by pressing the "Open" button, we synchronize both databases - after this process, the databases will become the same. In this case, the novelty of the database is determined not by the time of its last update, but by each specific record.

Of course, most of the KeePass settings are not covered in this little workbook. But trust me, the little changes we've made to the default settings are quite good for the job. If you have an irresistible desire to delve into other program settings - to your health. Just remember to make a backup copy of the program by copying its entire folder to a safe place.

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