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Where are Firefox passwords stored? by Th3rmal on 02-29-2008 at 11:14 AM
i think thats it pretty clear what i need help with 
RE: Where are Firefox passwords stored? by NanaFreak on 02-29-2008 at 12:28 PM
use this and go into secrets 
RE: Where are Firefox passwords stored? by Tochjo on 02-29-2008 at 05:36 PM
You can access the Password Manager from the Firefox menu via "Tools -> Options -> Security /Passwords", by clicking the "Show Passwords" button. This will open the "Remember Passwords" window which lists the web sites and user names for your stored passwords and includes a "Show Passwords" button that lets you view your stored passwords.
Source: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Password_Manager
RE: Where are Firefox passwords stored? by Th3rmal on 03-01-2008 at 06:23 AM
what i want to do is find the file where the passwords are stored, and then import them to KeePass
RE: Where are Firefox passwords stored? by MeEtc on 03-01-2008 at 06:30 AM
I'm pretty sure the password data is stored encrypted within the files for your profile. you're not going to be able to open up some random file and be able to read all the passwords. That would be a very insecure and stupid thing to do.
RE: RE: Where are Firefox passwords stored? by afroxav on 03-26-2008 at 10:32 PM
quote:Actually, the password are located in a normal text file (notepad) (%AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\, then click on the folder with .default at the end) the text file name is signons.txt or signons2.txt.
Originally posted by MeEtc
I'm pretty sure the password data is stored encrypted within the files for your profile. you're not going to be able to open up some random file and be able to read all the passwords. That would be a very insecure and stupid thing to do.
In the file each entry includes the url where you need to login, the ID of the login name field , your username, the ID of the password field, your password and the url again. Each entry is separated by a dot (.).
However, the password and the usename are encrypted with and algorimth I do not know, and a same username is encrypted differently depending on the url of the website.