how to import your passwords into Identity Manager from Password Safe

I'm a big fan of Password Safe. Mainly because I can access the same password database on my IronKey on multiple different operating systems, but also because it utilizes very strong encryption and it does what it was designed to do very well.

Currently, the IronKey Identity Manager doesn't support importing directly from Password Safe, but it does support importing from KeePass xml files. KeePass is fine, but I have used Password Safe for a long time and I dont see a reason to change any time soon. However, I want a bunch of my passwords in Identity Manager on my IronKey because ID Manager works great and integrates directly with my browser! Even better, the ID Manager database is stored in an area on flash of the IronKey that is not addressable by a driveletter, which is way more secure because it takes a firmware call to access it and decrypt it.

So, here's how to import your creds from Password Safe into Identity Manager. I'll assume you are using the latest and greatest version of the Password Safe app, and that your database format is v3.


Open Password Safe v3 database.
Save as v2 database.
Open v2 database.
Export v2 database to txt file.
Close Password Safe.
Go get KeePass portable.
Launch and create a new database.
In KeePass, got File | Import From | PSafe v2 TXT File
Save KeepPass DB.
In KeePass, goto File | Export To | XML File
Goto IronKey Identity Manager
Click Add | Import Passwords
Click Load Passwords on KeePass line
Select passwords to import.
Close.
Backup | Online Backup

Dont forget to:
Erase Password Safe v2 database.
Erase KeePass XML file.
Erase Password Safe v2 TXT file.

Use a program like Eraser to get the job done properly.