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Strong password generator The biggest advantage when using 1Password is that it can generate strong and unique passwords for each website. The dialogue is The random option can be set to generate a defined number of digits or symbols. This is useful when generating passwords for sites that do not support symbols in the password field. very easy to understand. In the Advanced section you can choose pronounceable password or random. I always use random as I really do not need to remember the website password. It can also generate a password with only digits if I choose same number of digits as the password length (limited to 10 digits length). www.insecuremag.com 22
1Password interface Although this is not the review of the design features of 1Password, I just want to present one screenshot of the interface. This shows the types of items in the Vault: • Logins - this contains all web sites that I saved the password for • Accounts - this feature stores password and account information for non web based services, like FTP servers, wireless networks, emails accounts, databases. Although 1Password cannot automatically fill in the details, you can copy and paste the information easily. • Identities - I am fed up with registering on new websites and filling all details again and again. Identities allow me to create multiple identities and then easily fill in the details to a website. The results are not ideal all the time, mainly because the standards for naming conventions of forms elements are not followed all the time. • Secure notes - Mac OS provides Sticky Notes for storing unstructured information. Secure Notes is similar, except it is protected by 1Password security. • Software - This is a new feature of 1Password 3. Simply drag and drop an application from Applications folder and 1Password will create a new entry, identify the version number and add the icon. I use this feature to store all software licenses. • Wallet - Another handy feature to fill in credit cards effortlessly to a web page for payments. Works 99% of time, with same caveats as explained in Identities. Behind the scenes 1Password 3 uses its own keychain type which offers advantages compared to the Mac OS X Keychain. See the table on the following page, taken from 1Passwordʼs website. www.insecuremag.com 23
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