Safely store your passwords

If you are like me, scared of storing passwords online and looking for a safe way to store (remember) your passwords in your own machine, openssl offers a way.

1) Create a text file (eg name: passwords) with your passwords:

For eg.

google.com abcdef

blogger 123pqr

....

2) Encrypt using openssl

# encrypt

openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in passwords -out passwords.enc

When prompted enter a master password

REMEMBER the master password at all times.

3) REMEMBER to remove the passwords text file !

rm -f passwords

3) Decrypt when needed

# decrypt

openssl aes-256-cbc -d -a -in passwords.enc -out passwords

That's it! Securely store your passwords and never worry about forgetting passwords again.