[PLUG] Password keeper

Mark Phillips mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
Thu Sep 6 15:13:17 UTC 2018


I sync the KeePass2 db across multiple computers/OS's (Linux and Android)
using Dropbox. I also install a secret key file on each of my devices as an
added precaution against someone cracking my Dropbox folder.

I also use LastPass and it is the most convenient solution.

Mark

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 7:06 AM, Tyrell Jentink <tyrell at jentink.net> wrote:

> In the past, I have used KeePass; I liked that it was open source, and I
> liked that it was offline and had no cloud components.
>
> However, I also disliked that it was offline and had no cloud components...
> If you only use one device, it's not so bad; But if you have a laptop, a
> desktop, and a phone, then keeping those three databases up to date can be
> a chore.
>
> So now I use LastPass. I like that it's online and always cloud synced. (I
> know... I'm being really wishy-washy about my needs and desires here)
> But... It isn't open source, and I am putting all my eggs in one basket,
> and it's a basket I have to trust blindly...  But damn, if it isn't
> convenient...
>
> I tend to recommend KeePass to people anyway, despite it not working for my
> needs... Keeping the database synced isn't an impossible task or anything,
> and it's obviously easier if you only want to use it in one place.
>
> KeePass itself is Windows-only, but works just fine under Mono. Being open
> source, there are other implementations... But I never had a problem with
> their official software on Ubuntu or Fedora... But it's been a while now.
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 00:42 Loren M. Lang <lorenl at north-winds.org> wrote:
>
> > I've recently been informed that an old website I once created an
> > account on has been compromised, and, oh, they also stored all user
> > passwords in plain text and were likely all stolen. Luckily, I've long
> > replaced that password with several others on any services I currently
> > use. Since I ultimately can't vet most web services I use and check the
> > quality of their password hashing and salt algorithms, I'm thinking it's
> > time to start generating a unique password for pretty much every service
> > I use. What kind of password managers do you use for handling all this?
> >
> > In the past, I used to maintain them all in a GnuPG encrypted file and
> > edit it through a Vim plugin, but that doesn't synchronize well.
> > Ideally, I'd like something that will store passwords on-disk in an
> > encrypted form and have some way to synchronize the database across
> > devices. I tend to use Linux, macOS, and Android. I also use a mixture
> > of both Firefox and Chrome so it would be nice to have some kind of
> > integration. Oh, and no security application would be complete without
> > being open source!
> >
> > --
> > Loren M. Lang
> > lorenl at north-winds.org
> > http://www.north-winds.org/
> > AG7NC
> >
> >
> > Public Key: ftp://ftp.north-winds.org/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc
> > Fingerprint: 10A0 7AE2 DAF5 4780 888A  3FA4 DCEE BB39 7654 DE5B
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