Is it okay to use the password manager inside portablefirefox when running it from a usb flash drive? I saw this under the copying local files section of this website:
"When you start Portable Firefox for the first time, be sure to turn off disk cache, password saving and history if you're using a non-hard drive portable device."
I also run an external password manager (KeePass).
Any help would be useful. Thanks.
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KeePass is far more secure than FF for password management. Have you tried getting KeePass to work with Portable FF? That's on my list.
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Yes, Keepass works with portable firefox (perfectly with the global auto-type function). The only thing you can't do is launch a website in portable FF using Keepass; it uses the IE found in windows.
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There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. - Anonymous
I installed portable Roboform (called Pass2go) which is free. It interfaces with Portable Firefox using an .xpi extension. I copied my passwords from the desktop and the whole thing works great.
I tried installing the AiRoboForm-Mozilla-Adapter on Portable Firefox 1.5, but the support for PFF only goes up to version 1.07. The installation failed. For now, KeePass should do just fine.
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There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. - Anonymous
I'm pretty sure they're working to update. I'll check with them.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
how exactly can one get ff to work with keepass?
What's wrong with the Firefox password manager?
Max
I think the problem is that it isnt very secure. I remember all of my passwords. Its good for the mind!
Why isn't it secure?
Yea, How did you get them to work together?
Well to make the most of KeePass i configured it as so.
Under the Advanced tab under options i've only selected:
copy urls to clipboard
remembered last opened files
automatically open last used db on startup
start minimized and locked
automatically save db on exit
automatically generate random pwords
and after opening keepass and filling entries, you just use the global autokey (crtl+alt+a) and it automatically fills in the site.
Feel free to ask any questions...
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There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. - Anonymous
I'm not sure how your configuration works what is the exact sequence when you want to open a link. At what point do you press ctrl+alt+a
I've tried it and maybe I'm doing something wrong but it aint workin
It seems to me that KeePass can not automatically find the input fields, so if you click your cursor in the first field and then hit Ctrl + Alt + A it will fill in the fields for you.
Good luck, it is great when thing just work lol!
use http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm