Safari using Keychain ?s

I'm trying to understand the auto fill of internet forms.
Is there any site/article that explains for the curious this topic and
any security issues?
I think I understand that Safari uses Keychain to store IDs and
passwords and uses past history to fill in other information on internet
forms. Do I have that right?
But for Firefox, it appears that the IDs and passwords are saved by
Firefox not by Keychain. Do I have that right? If so, is it only Safari
that uses Keychain?
Thank you.

Hi,
But for Firefox, it appears that the IDs and passwords are saved by
Firefox not by Keychain. Do I have that right? If so, is it only Safari that uses Keychain?
Firefox was designed to be run on several different platforms like Windows, MacOSX, Linux, etc. from ideally the same source code. Windows doesn't have an in-built equivalent of the Keychain (I think) and I don't know about Linux, so for this particular instance it was probably easier for the developers to use their own standard scheme for storing passwords (rather than adding platform specific code).
Any Mac OS X application can access the Keychain if it uses the correct interfaces from it's code. Mail, iChat, Airport, .Mac, Camino (a browser that uses the same rendering engine as Firefox), MSN Messenger, Skype, Adium to name but a few all make use of the Keychain.

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I am trying to decide what browser I want to use. There are several things to take into consideration - bookmarks kept in sync between the browers and passwords. So far I have stayed with Safari because it works with Keychain. I tried to open Keychain and add Firefox to a web form password but it doesnt appear to work. As for the bookmark issue, I downloaded "Bookdog" and it looks nice - the latest version is supposed to sync the bookmarks between the two browsers but I dont see a setting or option for that (emailed for support on that issue).
So, is there a way I can use Keychain for all of my browsers?

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Hello Guys,
I wonder how I could use Keychain to find my forgotten password on hotmail with Keychain. Do we need to activate something? I'd really like to know.
At least, do you know how to set my Safari, so I can store my passwords?
Thanks!

provided you actually ever stored the password in the keychain, open keychain Access, locate the keychain entry for hotmail, double-click on it and check the box to show password. you'll have to enter you keychain password at this point which is your login password by default.

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when Update to 10.7.2 ,I cannot access to any site with ssl connection and fail to open safari and keychain, unless restart computer and login in with Guest account.
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I also have the same problem, however if I use Firefox or Opera sites with ssl connection work fine. Still, I can't use Google Chrome (ssl), Safari (ssl), the Mac app store (generally), or the iTunes store (generally). Both the iTunes store, Safari and the app store won't respond, and Chrome displays this error: (net::ERR_TIMED_OUT). The problem persists regardless of what network I'm using. Also, when trying to access the keychain or iCloud, the process will not start (will hang). I didn't have these problems at all before updating to 10.7.2.
Sometimes rebooting helps, and sometimes not. If the problem disappears by rebooting, then it only lasts a few minutes before it reappears. It is very frustrating, especially since there doesn't seem to be any obvious or consistent way of which to fix it.
I'm also using a Macbook Pro 13-inch mid 2010.

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I just upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard. Previously in Safari (with Leopard), when logging in to a website, I entered the first character of my login and, depending on the settings in Keychain, the login/password was autofilled or I was prompted for my Keychain Access password and then it autofilled. This worked great because no one could use my laptop and be able to log in to sensitive websites without my Keychain Access password. And, because I have multiple accounts on some websites, I could choose which login ID to use based on the first character. I don't know if Safari was set to autofill or not, but I suspect not because I never wanted autofill.
After I upgraded to Snow Leopard, Safari would not connect to Keychain at all. I figured out I had to check Safari's autofill User Names and Passwords box in order for it to recognize Keychain. But now it autofills whenever I land on a website login page, even though the Keychain items are set to require my Keychain password. Further, for those websites that have multiple accounts, Safari is autofilling the one that is first listed in Keychain.
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Yes, thank you. I have done that on most of them and it works well. My frustration is that the autofill in Safari seems to be the only way to engage Keychain. When I don't select autofill in Safari, I can't engage Keychain at all (without manually opening it and viewing an individual key). I'd like to be able to activate Keychain selectively as I did in Leopard.
For those sites where I have multiple accounts, I have discovered that if I deny the first pop-up from Keychain, I can then delete the autofilled login and enter the first character of the one I want, and the pop-up appears again. It's just frustrating to have to take those extra steps.

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Hey thanks for all the responses. I've still got the problem and am beginning to suspect it is because I have four different accounts and 3 out of 4 have the same password. Anyway, it's apparent from reading around, that this is not an uncommon problem with Mail. Simplest solution seems to give up on Mail and use some other mail browser. I love my iMac and think OS X is, generally speaking the best system in the world BUT!! … nothing's perfect and Apple would do well to put a bit of work into upgrading Mail (and Safari, for that matter. I'll go and see what Mozilla have to offer.

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i never use Keychain and dont want my internet from safari passwords sasved on it.
i have looked at safaro prefs and keychain. i can not see anywhere where i can stop the 2 apps linking on P.Words

Leopard Pagan,
There is a Safari Preference, have you tried...Safari>Preferences>AutoFill Web Forms: (Uncheck All)?
If these selections have been checked, you must click "Edit" in order to remove them from AutoFill.
Keychain has never asked me to retain a Safari password, nor do I find evidence of any password having been recorded in Keychain Access.
;~)

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If you want a paper copy of your login.keychain (which includes all of your Safari ones), use this simple AppleScript which generates a list containing the name, account username, and password for each key in my login.keychain. I use this list as a backup for all generic and webpage keys. This works without a problem when run in Script Editor (copy and paste the script into Script Editor, but don't include the <begin script> and <end script> items), prompting with a dialog box for approval to open each key, and continuing on to the end, producing the desired, tab-delimited text document named "Passwords", and saving it to the Desktop. Every time the dialog box pops up, click the right-most button that isn't grayed out. Once through, if you run the script again, it'll remember what you entered previously and not ask again. I usually clean it up manually and copy it into Excel where I can sort it.
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i hate safari and keychain ,is there any solution ,i try my best ,when ever i will try to open my yahoo mail it will ask about certificate even i clik on the certficate to trust this side .other thing when yahoo will open it will just come like a black page where u can login by user name and password but the grapichs is not coming.that means when i will open yahoomail site it will not come on proper way it will only come by letter graphics will be not there but i can use my yahoo mail,but iwanna solv this problem becuse it look ugly

I was having a similar problem when going to the Apple website. I was being asked about a keychain. Other sites were fine.
For some reason, none of the suggestions from others had worked for me. What did work was this:
1. Open Hard Drive, Applications, Utilities, Keychain Access.
2. From Keychain Access menu, choose Preferences.
3. On the General tab, click the "Reset My Keychain" button.
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I just began using keychain with the result that when I login 7 popups appear in succession asking for permission to used the "Local Items Keychain". The 7 are:
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There are several possible causes for this issue. Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one, until it's resolved. Back up all data before making any changes.
Step 1
Follow the directions in this support article.
Step 2
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
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from the menu bar and repair the keychain.
Step 3
Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device.
Step 4
Open the Keychains folder as in Step 1. There should be a file in that folder with the name "login.keychain". If there is also a file iwith the name "login_renamed_1.keychain", then please do as follows:
☞ Rename login.keychain to "login-old.keychain".
☞ Rename login_renamed_1.keychain to "login.keychain".
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You can also change the security settings on your keychain and/or create additional keychains. So you might have one keychain with especially secure settings for certain items and another with less secure settings for others. Moreover, you can adjust some settings for each item within a keychain, as well.
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