Keep Your Password Safe

What is KeePass?
Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage's ftp password, online passwords (like CodeProject member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, homepage, etc. Unimaginable.

KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish). For more information, see the features page.

Is it really free?
Yes, KeePass is really free, and more than that: it is open-source (OSI certified). You can have a look at its full source and for example check if the encryption algorithms are implemented correctly.

Perhaps you wonder why I decided to make it open-source. The answer is relatively simple: in my opinion all software that has something to do with security should be open-source. Here's a quote of Bruce Schneier that sums it up pretty good:

As a cryptography and computer security expert, I have never understood the current fuss about the open source software movement. In the cryptography world, we consider open source necessary for good security; we have for decades. Public security is always more secure than proprietary security. It's true for cryptographic algorithms, security protocols, and security source code. For us, open source isn't just a business model; it's smart engineering practice.
Bruce Schneier, Crypto-Gram 1999/09/15

Free Online Meeting Service for Collaboration and Live Conferencing

Come to think of it. You are a businessman and you want to present something over the Internet. You want to send the file but it's too big as an attachment. What's your option?

My colleague and I were toying around this neat site for collaboration and live conferencing. Visit the site at www.vyew.com now! See for yourself!

And yes, you can make comments over your presentation so it''s pretty handy while you are doing your talk.

Blogging here at blogger.com is one way of putting important stuffs for future use.


[Sit back and Relax]

Yen Chen Support and AniManSys Tie Up for a Cost-Effective Solution

John Chu, President of Yen Chen Support (www.yenchensupport.com), a world-class Business Process Outsourcing company in the industry, announced the soft opening of its call center operations in Cebu last March 24. The company provides customer-outreach programs such as lead generation, web and software development, sales generation, virtual assistance, credit collection, among others.

He also cited the cost-effective telephony solution and its quick implementation by AniManSys, Inc. (AMS), a Cebu-based IT consulting and management firm, enhancing voice quality and scalability to their network. The former, he added, enables the company to deliver competitive, excellent quality services and the early start-up of its operations, substantial cost-savings.

AMS (www.animansys.com) provides IT services, involving connectivity, assessment, security, network engineering, business process outsourcing, and consulting. It is comprised of professionals who have a combined experience of over 40 years in the field of business and Information Technology.