Macintosh password organizer with strong cryptography (448-bit encryption)
Copyright ⌐ Alco Blom, 1998-2002
WWW: <http://www.web-confidential.com/>
Email: <support@web-confidential.com>
Version 3.0.5 - May, 2002
"Web Confidential is easy to use, secure, and well-integrated" - Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
Note: you can Command-Click the URLs to open them in your web browser.
Description
With Web Confidential you can organize and save all your passwords, account names and user ids, software keys, serial numbers, ATM and PIN codes etc. in one convenient place. You can then protect your data with very strong cryptography.
Web Confidential uses the Blowfish algorithm to protect your data. Your key can be up to 448 bits in length. Blowfish is fast and very secure.
Web Confidential for Windows, Palm and a Conduit are also available.
Web Confidential for Windows╒s file format is binary cross-platform with the Mac.
Web Confidential 3.0 requires Mac OS X or Mac OS 9.
Web Confidential supports the Keychain.
Web Confidential is shareware. If you continue using it, please pay the $20 or 22 Euro fee.
Please support shareware.
Please read the How to Pay section below.
The Home Page of Web Confidential is: <http://www.web-confidential.com/>
Shareware limits
To encourage you to pay the shareware fee, the unregistered version of Web Confidential has the following restriction:
After 30 days of use, you cannot add any new records to your files. However, you can still view and edit your existing data.
After you register the program, this restriction is removed.
Documentation
The User╒s Guide is supplied within the program of Web Confidential and as an Acrobat PDF file. Just choose Web Confidential Help from the Help menu. The documentation is HTML-based and will open in Apple╒s Help Viewer. You may also choose the command Help Center in the Finder. The User╒s Guide in PDF format is in your Web Confidential folder and is also available on the Internet:
In any case, please read the Getting Started chapter. It is also online:
<http://www.web-confidential.com/tutorial.pdf>
Web Confidential is shareware
Web Confidential for Macintosh is shareware. If you continue using it, please pay the $20 fee. There are also bundles available which include the Palm and/or Windows software. Please check the Web Stores for details (the URLs are below).
Web Confidential is distributed on the WWW, via the Info-Mac archives and on CD-ROMs. You may distribute the unregistered shareware freely.
Japanese, German, French, and Spanish versions are also available. See the Web Confidential Web Page for more information:
<http://www.web-confidential.com/>
Palm
A Palm version of Web Confidential and a Conduit for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 are available. Please check the Home Page for details.
Windows
A Windows version of Web Confidential is also available. Please check the Home Page for details.
Upgrades
Web Confidenial 2.x users can upgrade to the Mac OS X version of Web Confidential for $10.95 (█11.95). You can order the upgrade $10.95 (█11.95) by choosing Purchase Upgrade from the Support menu or you can use PayPal:
<http://www.web-confidential.com/paypal.html>
How to Pay
Web Confidential costs $20 or █22 per user.
You can pay the shareware fee in a variety of means. You can pay me via PayPal. It is an option I prefer, but you need to have an account with PayPal. Furthermore, you can purchase Web Confidential via the Kagi or eSellerate Web Stores. In conclusion, there are three online options:
a) PayPal: <http://www.web-confidential.com/paypal.html>
b) Kagi: <http://order.kagi.com/?AB>
c) eSellerate: <http://store.eSellerate.net/s.asp?s=STR676348566>
If you want to pay cash or with checks, please continue reading. If you are a German customer, please read the Deutsche Bank section.
Site licenses are also available : a company license is $500 and a university or non-profit license is $400.
Use the Kagi Register program (see below) to order Site licenses.
Kagi (Berkeley, California, USA) handles my payment processing.
<http://order.kagi.com/?AB>
The most popular method of payment has become the Online Registration form. You must have a credit card to make use of this service. Just choose Register Online from the Support menu in Web Confidential or from the Web Confidential shared icon menu in your Web Browser or type this URL in the location field of your Web Browser:
<http://www.kagi.com>
If you want to pay cash, send US $20 or 22 Euros in an envelop to Alco Blom. The postal address is given in the section "Contacting the author" below.
If you want to pay by credit card or US check, but not want to use the Online Registration form, read the next paragraphs.
Paying for Web Confidential is fairly simple. Open the Register program that accompanies Web Confidential. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you desire for each program you wish to purchase (or Site or Word-Wide licenses). Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi Sales. More specifics on the Register program follow.
If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. Their email address is <sales@kagi.com> and their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number.
Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days and if you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgement.
If you are paying with USD Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street PMB #392-AB
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is around USD 15 per check and that is just not practical.
If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment.
Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on my behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end.
Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when the form is processed.
Protection Web Confidential has a protection scheme and when you pay, we tell you how to indicate to Web Confidential that you have paid. If you do not have an email address, please enter your complete postal address and please remember, we do not know what country you live in so please enter that into the postal address also.
Deutsche Bank
German customers can pay 22 Euros via the Deutsche Bank to this account:
Kontoinhaber: Blom
Bankfiliale: 300
Bankleitzahl: 300 700 24
Kontonummer: 7595937
Nederland
Nederlandse gebruikers kunnen registreren door 22 Euro over te maken naar:
Alco Blom
PostGiro: 761819
te Amsterdam
Laat mij per email even weten dat je geld hebt overgemaakt.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances including negligence, shall Alco Blom be liable for any incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use or inability to use Web Confidential, even if Alco Blom has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Bruce Schneier for designing the Blowfish algorithm and putting it in the public domain. Bruce╒s company is at :
<http://www.counterpane.com/>
Contacting the author
Alco Blom, Email: <support@web-confidential.com>
Web Site of Web Confidential: <http://www.web-confidential.com/>
