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Generate unique passwords for all your accounts and store them securely in the password manager.
You can later retreive them using your master password and copy/paste them. Modern password managers also have a feature called Auto-Type, which automatically copies the username/password combination to the appropriate login form.
The passwords are stored in an encrypted database file, usually with [AES-256 (Rijndael)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard), which is as of time of writing considered very secure. You can synchronise this file using your trusted cloud/storage solution to all your devices (e.g. [ETHz Polybox](https://polybox.ethz.ch)).
You can later retrieve them using your master password and copy/paste them. Some password managers also interact with your web browser and offer to 'type in' passwords on websites automatically.
## How to build an easy rememberable secure password
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- You only have to remember one password to gain access to all your passwords
- The master password has to be extremely secure (see **Use good passwords**)
- If you loose the master password, you loose all your passwords
- If you lose the master password, you lose all your passwords
## Vaultwarden (ISG-hosted password manager)
We host [Vaultwarden](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden), a [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/) compatible password manager featuring a web frontend, device sync and the possibility to share passwords within a group. Please read [our documentation](https://readme.phys.ethz.ch/documentation/vaultwarden/) to get started with Vaultwarden.
## KeePassXC (recommended password manager)
## KeePassXC (standalone password manager)
**KeePassXC** is a community fork of KeePassX, a native cross-platform port of KeePass Password Safe, with the goal to extend and improve it with new features and bugfixes to provide a feature-rich, fully cross-platform and modern open-source password manager.
**KeePassXC** is a community fork of KeePassX, a native cross-platform port of the KeePass Password Safe, with the goal to extend and improve it with new features and bugfixes to provide a feature-rich, fully cross-platform and modern open-source password manager.
