[Passwordsafe-users] Announcing PasswordSafe 3.01

[Rony S. <ro...@gm...>]

Hi,

I'm glad to annonce the first non-beta release of PasswordSafe version 3.

This release is a major upgrade, both in terms of user-visible features and
"under the hood".

Among the user-visible features:

[] Creation time of new entries is now recorded
[726518] User can configure an expiration date for entries and be notified
accordingly.
[726508] Modification and access times now optionally recorded.
[737878] It's now possible to copy Notes to Clipboard
[1162051] Toolbar additions (Autotype, Browse URL, Copy Notes to clipboard)
[1465395] Password can now be (optionally) viewed in Nested Tree Mode
[] Ability to clear "Recent Database List"
[] Browse to URL now starts a new instance of the user's default browser
rather than taking over an existing instance

Internally, the password file format has been redesigned to provide better
security. Specific issues raised in reviews have been addressed, and the
underlying cryptographic algorithms have been updated (from Blowfish and
SHA-1 to Twofish and SHA-256).

This version of PasswordSafe reads databases from previous versions, and by
default stores them in the new format. It's also possible to "export"
databases to the old format.

The following bugs fixed since the second Beta release:

[1482002] Generated password no longer trashed if > 127 bytes
[1495670] Find now searches new URL and Autotype fields
[1495556] Restore after minimize now works when system-tray not used.
[1472332] Read-only command line argument bug
[] Help file now reflects 3.0 new features.
[1490985, 1423020, 1398936] Microsoft redistributable dlls now included in
installation and zip file. Should fix all "MS*.dll not installed" problems
[1440951] Can now close application after minimize w/o system tray.

Thanks to the brave folks who tried out the Beta versions and gave valuable
inputs, thanks again to the gang on the passwordsafe-devel list for help in
hammering out the new file format, and special thanks to DK for implementing
the new features!

The release may be downloaded from
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=41019&package_id=3316
9&release_id=422760
(http://tinyurl.com/j7hjw)

SHA-1 checksums:
8aa28f6262c3b595f471036f8f983d7c52a1849a pwsafe-3.01.exe
1e83e67a94b6dfb25978519b8ebc8926d8da4ebc pwsafe-3.01-bin.zip
6ee57b4fe2b34fefd53b5ec7ea4cc63f51aa2295 pwsafe-3.01-src.zip

Note that this release also includes PGP/GPG signature files of the
respective packages. These were signed with my SourceForge account key,
keyid FA175557, key fingerprint = FF77 379D D46D DAA6 6182   B452 1D79 5A91
FA17 5557, available from a PGP keyserver near you (such as
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFA175557).
 
         Enjoy,
 
                 Rony