Coding Challenge #58 - Password Manager

Coding Challenge #58 - Password Manager

This challenge is to build your Password Manager (i.e. something like Keepass).

Password managers let you store and manage your passwords in a secure way. All your passwords are stored in a single database that is protected with a master key. Done well this increases your level of security as you can use hundreds of unique complex passwords without having to try to remember them, storing them all in one place that is protected by the most secure encryption algorithms currently known.

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Coding Challenge #58 - Password Manager

This challenge is to build your Password Manager (i.e. something like Keepass).

Password managers let you store and manage your passwords in a secure way. All your passwords are stored in a single database that is protected with a master key. Done well this increases your level of security as you can use hundreds of unique complex passwords without having to try to remember them, storing them all in one place that is protected by the most secure encryption algorithms currently known.

The Challenge - Building a Password Manager

In this Coding Challenge we’re going to build a password manager that will allow you to:

1. Create a password vault.
2. Sign in to an existing password vault.
3. Create a password record within a vault.
4. Retrieve a password record and the associated password from a vault.

Step Zero

Coding Challenges like the majority of common programming languages arrays is zero based, therefore we start with Step 0!

Step 0 is where you setup your IDE / editor of choice and programming language of choice. For this challenge you could build something web based like 1Password, a desktop application like Keepass or a command line tool. Or go wild and build all three - it’s your project!

Step 1

Step 1

In this step your goal is to allow a user to create a vault. When a user creates a vault they should be able to provide a name for the vault and set the master password.

You might want to ensure the name is acceptable as a filename, then you can use it as the filename when saving the vault. If you went for a CLI tool, this step might look like this:

% ccpm
Welcome to CC Password Manager
What would you like to do?
1. Create a new password vault
Quit (enter q or quit)
1
Creating a new vault
Please provide a name for the vault: cctest
Please enter a master password: 
Please confirm the master password: 
New vault created and saved as: cctest.ccv

What would you like to do?
1. Create a new password vault
Quit (enter q or quit)
q
        

Don’t forget to use a password entry field that masks passwords from prying eyes.

Continued

For the full steps please visit the build your own password manager page on the Coding Challenges website.