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Password manager
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The connection manager has a build-in password manager which uses encryption
to savely store passwords. If you want to use it is up to you. Check the Save
password checkbox and the password manager will be used to safely store the
password. The first time this happens you will be asked for a password you wish
to use for the password manager. Make sure to remember this password cause there
is no way to recover it if you loose it.

When you try to open a connection for which the password was saved the program
will prompt you for the password managers password. You can choose how long the
program will keep the password manager unlocked. If you cancel this password
prompt the program will prompt you for the password of the database connection.

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Resetting the password manager
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If you loose your password and want to start with a new empy password manager
use the menu option :menuselection:`File --> Reset password manager`.

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Security
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To make it hard to brute force decode the saved passwords the passwords are not
simply encrypted with the master password. Instead a keystrengthening algorithm
is applied to your master password combined with a salt. The exact parameters
choosen for keystrengthening depends on the speed of your computer. This
strengthened key will be used only as a basis for encryption. Each password
saved is associated with a random guid, this 128-bit value is combined with
your strengthened key to create the key to save the password.