PasswordSafe was originally designed by Bruce Schneier and released as a free utility application. Since then,
it has evolved considerably. The following table has links to pages detailing the release history of PasswordSafe
since the project was made open source. This can be useful for seeing
what features were added and what bugs were fixed since a given release.
15 December 2008
Password Safe 3.15.1 has been released and may be downloaded from
here
(U3 version
here).
This is a minor release - some annoying bugs have been fixed, some features have been added or improved upon.
Thanks to DK for his work on this, and to all the folks who reported bugs and tested the Beta version of this release.
In addition to this release, we're releasing a version
3.15Y of PasswordSafe that supports the
YubiKey authentication token. More details
here.
Bugs fixed in 3.15.1
- [2429189, 2429675] No longer requires MFC dll to run. (If you've
already downloaded and successfully installed 3.15, then there's no
need to upgrade to this version).
Bugs fixed in 3.15
- [2407346] "Open Another" and "Create New" actions in "Incorrect Passkey" dialog box working again.
- [2407325] Prevent creation of a group name with '.', which confuses PasswordSafe.
- [2407072] Can now tab to read-only checkbox in password entry form via File->Open or recently used list.
- [2269930] Track write permission of file in opening dialog: If
the user chooses a file with different permission than the original,
then the r-o status is updated accordingly.
- [2142691] Better support for Japanese text.
- [2113261] No longer crashes when opening write-protected database.
- [2102624] Can now change a normal entry into an alias or an
alias' base entry into an alias of another entry taking its aliases
with it.
- [2101656] Incorrect Notes field behaviour when using scroll bars corrected.
- [2100916] Correct colouring of the Dragbar icons after changing selected entry.
- [2100429] Handle invalid time field in database gracefully. Thanks to David B. Martin for his help in tracking this down.
- [2096504] All user set fields are now checked when merging databases.
- [2096164] -h, -u and -g command line functionality restored.
- [2088540] Showing Dragbar is now independent of displaying the Toolbar.
- [2085103] New database can no longer be created as R/O.
- [2085089] Database field in "Safe combination Entry" dialog no
longer loses focus to passphrase field after each character change.
- [1958728] More graceful handling of corrupt databases - avoid
"out of memory" failures. Thanks to Serkan Kenar for his help on this.
- Correct display of tree items on restore from minimize when 'X' button used to minimize.
- Ensure XML Import correctly processes normal entries with a password field that is in alias or shortcut form.
New Features for 3.15
- Implement the CF_CLIPBOARD_VIEWER_IGNORE feature supported by some Clipboard Viewers.
- Add feature to display a subset of the password. This is useful
for websites that need different particular characters from a password
at each login. To access this, select an item, right-click and choose
Display Subset of Password.
- [2203438] Remove "[alt]", "[ssh]" and "{alt}" special keywords from URL when copying to the clipboard.
- [2144489] Click on the text next to edit fields to copy the field
to the clipboard. Ctrl+Click on the URL will launch the browser. Text
will flash to show what it has done (green - copy, pink - launch).
YubiKey Authentication Support
YubiKey is a USB
authentication device that sends a different authentication key each
time it's activated. This provides a convenient alternative to
constantly typing in a passphrase for heavy users of PasswordSafe. To
use, just "associate" your YubiKey with your PasswordSafe datasbase,
using the new Manage->YubiKey dialog. For more details, please refer
to the online help.
Currently, support for this device is implemented in a separate PasswordSafe package,
3.15Y. Your feedback will determine if and how this will be merged into the main product.
31 August 2008
Password Safe 3.14 has been released and may be downloaded from
here
(U3 version
here).
This is a minor release - some annoying bugs have been fixed, some
features have been added or improved upon. Thanks to DK,
Norman and Garrett for their work on this release, and to all the folks
who reported bugs and tested the pre-release versions.
Bugs fixed in 3.14
-
[2071489] off-by-one bug in range for generated passwords fixed.
-
[1978486] The R/W status of a database is unchanged if it is already
open and the user cancels an open file action.
-
[1978475] Clear clipboard options are no longer interchanged.
-
[1970652] No longer crashes when user exits search for nonexistent database.
-
[1966718] Text in 'Notes" now has horizontal scroll bar during Add.
-
[1959193] PWS now honors the read-only command line parameter (-r) for
first file open. Afterwards, the behavior is determined by the R/O open
preference or user selecting read-only at open time.
-
[1954268] Aliases and shortcuts now processed correctly during merge.
-
[1933174, 2015132] Reports from Import (Text or XML), Compare, Merge and Find are no longer written to disk by default.
-
Expired icon now correct after password change.
-
Current tree state is now updated correctly upon exit (Thanks to
Norman)
-
Correct display of tree items on restore from minimize.
Changes to Existing Features in 3.14
-
[1958303] TreeView buttons (+/-) now larger without significantly
increasing the visible bitmap image. Also, now transparent.
-
Drop down list of databases at start-up now retains order of usage
rather than sorted alphabetically.
-
A new Double-click action has been added: Copy password to clipboard
and then minimize. Thanks to Garrett for his work on this.
New Features for 3.14
-
[2004500] CTRL-A now selects all of the Notes field in Add &
Edit.
-
[1817880, 2018365] Option to allow restricting only a single instance
per user. If set and another copy of PasswordSafe started, focus is given to the existing instance.
-
The entries displayed can now be filtered based on rules on every
field in the database.
-
Add Dragbar and also allow D&D from Tree onto a text field
to drop the entry's password value.
-
During initial open, tooltips in the drop down list box will display
the full database names and paths.
2 May 2008
Password Safe 3.13 has been released and may be downloaded from
here
(U3 version
here).
This is a minor release - some annoying bugs have been fixed, some
minor features have been added or improved upon. Thanks to DK his work
on this release, and to all the folks who reported bugs and tested
pre-release versions.
Bugs fixed in 3.13
- [1941360] Rename with F2 now
enables Save button.
- [1940311] Password Policy now ignores length requirements
if not applicable.
- [1938057] Non-Latin text now correctly exported to plain
text file.
- [1926678, 1937293,1939294] Reduce GDI object leaks that
cause
display problems during hibernation, screen locking and remote access.
- [1914433] It is now possible to view the password policy
set for
an individual entry, by shift-clicking on the checked Override Policy
checkbox. A tooltip explaining this is shown when relevant.
- [1904391] Many functions, e.g., cancelling a
rename of an
entry, inter-instance Drag & Drop, no longer collapse the
entire
tree.
- [1904254] Non-text fields (e.g., time) are not shown in
Advanced Search, as they are not searched.
- [1900655] Compare advanced subset now applies to current
and comparison databases.
- [1899876] Fixed title/user problem when opening v1.7
databases.
- [1598836] Correct treeview now displayed after restore from
timeout lock.
- [1478022] Correct description of this fix in the Release
Notes to avoid user confusion thinking it does something different.
- Ensure first entry is selected when opening an existing
database.
- XML export of password history fixed for when number to be
saved > 99.
- Fix incorrect lock file handling during SaveAs.
Changes to
existing
features in 3.13
- Improved compare database reporting.
- Copying an empty field to the clipboard now emptied the
clipboard (previously, no action was performed).
New features in 3.13
- [1914644] Password expiry can now be set as an (optionally
repeating) interval. This is indicated in the List view by an asterisk
after the expiry date.
- [1904254] Find now searches all text fields by default.
- [1901380] Find result highlighted and selected.
- [1901380] If the Esc key is not being used to minimize
PasswordSafe, then it will close the Find Toolbar.
- [1901380] F3 (Repeat Find) works even if the Find Toolbar
has been closed.
- [1887159] PasswordSafe may be configured to open databases
'Read-only' by default. This can still be overridden during
open
if the file itself is not read-only.
- [1664535] Interpret "Remember 0 last databases" on the
System Options as "do not store any opened database".
- [1399569, 912188] Separate the clear clipboard options on
minimize and exit.
- [1207606] Notes may optionally be shown as tooltips.
- [988806] The Status Bar now provides Feedback on double
click actions.
- Alt+F4, in addition to Ctrl+Q, now closes the application.
- Allow user to Hide/Show main toolbar.
- Ability to create/view a report of the previous Find
request.
22 February 2008
Password Safe 3.12 has been released and may be downloaded from
here
(U3 version
here).
This is a minor release - some annoying bugs have been fixed, some
minor features have been added or improved upon. Thanks to DK his work
on this release, and to all the folks who reported bugs and tested
pre-release versions.
Bugs fixed in 3.12
- [1855658, 1436850] Implement font for password display
correctly.
- [1850271] Save after Compare no longer corrupts database.
- [1849881, 700973] Pressing a character in the List view
will now
jump to the next entry with text beginning with that character in the
second column. This is a change from previous behaviour, which only
looked in the first column, now occupied by the icon.
- [1849830] Help now works properly for
Manage->Option, displaying the relevant topic.
- [1849818] Browse-to no longer falsely reports "failed to
browse to URL".
- [1843631] "Browse to Icon" now correctly shown using new
Toolbar.
- [1841525] Increasing the number of passwords saved no
longer deletes the existing Password History.
- [1833609, 1535341, 1502036] Fully support multiple monitors.
- [1749268] Mouse clicks on tree view plus/minus boxes now
works correctly.
- [1670193] Better Vista support (Allow use of Windows Common
Controls V6 with Vista).
- [1478022] User no longer needs to save a restored database
before it can be exported.
- [1440693] Fix standard keyboard access to context menu
(Shift+F10).
- Allow Expand/Collapse for read-only databases via toolbar.
- Set focus to new view on switching between Tree
<-> List views.
- Update toolbar when view changes (List <->
Tree).
- Set title bar text when opening a database at startup.
- Allow List view to process all characters e.g. Page
Up/Down, Home, End, Arrows etc.
- Fix program crash on clicking CompareResults dialog header.
- Toolbar Save button correctly enabled after drag &
drop operations.
Changes to existing
features in 3.12
- [1885710, 1852862] When re-showing the Find toolbar, any
existing
search argument is selected to allow easier deletion and modification.
- [1865009] Give user advanced option to ignore
whitespace-only differences during compare.
- [1846688, 1224373] When generating a new password, it is no
longer displayed in a separate window for approval. If you want to
generate another password, just click on Generate again. If you want to
revert to the existing password when editing an entry, just click on
Cancel.
- [1841221] During drag & drop, a 1.5 second delay was
introduced before expanding a group that the cursor "hovers" upon.
- New disabled buttons for New Toolbar.
New features in 3.12
- [1842449, 1000639] Implement standard F3 for repeat Find
shortcut.
- [1838738] Implement minimum lengths of types of characters
in the
password policy i.e. 3 uppercase + 2 lowercase + 1 digit etc.
- Implement individual password policy for entries that will
override the current database policy. User can still override
the
individual policy or the database policy.
- An entry may have multiple references, or "shortcuts" to
it,
similar to Windows' shortcuts. These may be thought of as "synonyms" of
the entry. To create a shortcut, drag an entry with the right mouse
- button pressed.
- Graphics added to menus.
- New password generation option: Pronounceable passwords.
Thanks to Tom Van Vleck, Morrie Gasser, and Dan Edwards.
- [1676241, 1511829, 1436850, 1426250, 1078998, 996240,
771845]
Allow user to select a font for Passwords, so that similar characters
can be distinguished e.g. 0 & O, 1, I & l.
