Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-11 Thread Darac Marjal
On 05/05/2025 15:59, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: Hello, Has anyone experienced the following setup: On a standard system (Debian GNU/Linux): - install keepassxc, create a master password and a database file [ alternative: keepass2, but mono dependancy ] - make sure that database file is on a git

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-07 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2025-05-07, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > Actually I went the git path because my first idea was to use the Debian pass > package, on Termux, with multiple password-GPG encrypted files that > don't change that often. That works for me, but for end-users a solution > like keepass2/keepasscx and keepass

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-07 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
Hello, On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 08:41:00AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > syncthing does what it calls file versioning. > https://docs.syncthing.net/users/versioning.html Aha, interesting! Thank you.

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-07 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 7 May 2025 15:30:57 +0200 Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > e.g. syncthing (without > history apparently) syncthing does what it calls file versioning. https://docs.syncthing.net/users/versioning.html -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/b

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-07 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
Hello, On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 10:53:08AM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: > > Has anyone experienced the following setup: > > I wonder how fast the git repo grows as you add stuff in the keepass > database? That's indeed a good question. I liked the idea of having an history of the password database

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-06 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 7 May 2025 08:39:32 +0700 Max Nikulin wrote: > On 06/05/2025 16:25, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > > I put keepassxc database in ~/Sync folder and use it on every comp + > > phone (keepass2android), sometimes simultaneously. > > Even if i does not have link to any other device (sometimes inter

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-06 Thread Max Nikulin
On 06/05/2025 16:25, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: I put keepassxc database in ~/Sync folder and use it on every comp + phone (keepass2android), sometimes simultaneously. Even if i does not have link to any other device (sometimes internet is broken), i can use credentials from local copy of database.

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-06 Thread Loris Bennett
Charles Curley writes: > On Tue, 06 May 2025 07:57:53 +0200 > "Loris Bennett" wrote: > >> I run a Nextcloud instance on a RaspberryPi and then use the Nextcloud >> client on my laptop and on my Android phone to sync my important >> files, including my KeepassXC database. Additionally the Nextcl

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-06 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 06 May 2025 07:57:53 +0200 "Loris Bennett" wrote: > I run a Nextcloud instance on a RaspberryPi and then use the Nextcloud > client on my laptop and on my Android phone to sync my important > files, including my KeepassXC database. Additionally the Nextcloud > instance creates periodic s

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-06 Thread Stanislav Vlasov
вт, 6 мая 2025 г. в 00:16, Marc SCHAEFER : > On a standard system (Debian GNU/Linux): > > - install keepassxc, create a master password and a database file > [ alternative: keepass2, but mono dependancy ] > - make sure that database file is on a git, pushable to a > remote repository (I like

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-06 Thread Anssi Saari
Marc SCHAEFER writes: > Has anyone experienced the following setup: I wonder how fast the git repo grows as you add stuff in the keepass database? Personally, for sharing a keepass database between Linux/Android/Windows computers I use keepass2 and keepass2android and the database is online, a

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-05 Thread Loris Bennett
Marc SCHAEFER writes: > Hello, > > Has anyone experienced the following setup: > > On a standard system (Debian GNU/Linux): > > - install keepassxc, create a master password and a database file > [ alternative: keepass2, but mono dependancy ] > > - make sure that database file is on a git, push

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-05 Thread Max Nikulin
On 05/05/2025 21:59, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: - install keepassxc, create a master password and a database file [ alternative: keepass2, but mono dependancy ] - make sure that database file is on a git, pushable to a remote repository (I like git-on-SSH), and push/commit it when required

Re: Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-05 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 05/05/2025 11:59, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: Has anyone experienced the following setup: On a standard system (Debian GNU/Linux): - install keepassxc, create a master password and a database file [ alternative: keepass2, but mono dependancy ] - make sure that database file is on a git, pushabl

Open source, multiplatform password manager with sync capability

2025-05-05 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
Hello, Has anyone experienced the following setup: On a standard system (Debian GNU/Linux): - install keepassxc, create a master password and a database file [ alternative: keepass2, but mono dependancy ] - make sure that database file is on a git, pushable to a remote repository (I like gi

Re: ot: firefox password manager

2024-11-22 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/11/24 02:16, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: i'm using the latest release of firefox, 132.0.2 it's very annoying i use the password manager and have a password previously firefox would ask for my password when i start it now it ask for my password every time i encounter a site lo

ot: firefox password manager

2024-11-22 Thread fxkl47BF
i'm using the latest release of firefox, 132.0.2 it's very annoying i use the password manager and have a password previously firefox would ask for my password when i start it now it ask for my password every time i encounter a site login screen is there a way stop this without di

Re: password manager

2024-10-10 Thread Eric S Fraga
Response below/inline for email Paul M. Foster wrote: > (original email sent 8 Oct 2024 at 20:50) > > Let me provide a dissenting view. I use "pass". +1 it allows for a hierarchical representation of the different entries and bonus marks because there is an excellent Emacs mode. -- Eric S Frag

Re: password manager

2024-10-10 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On October 8, 2024 7:50:29 PM CDT, "Paul M. Foster" wrote: >On 10/8/24 19:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: >> what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager >> i've always used firefox's builtin manager >> but it's gotten to whe

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread Max Nikulin
On 09/10/2024 06:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager Have you had a look into mailing list archives? E.g. <https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20231109110553.10261...@yosemite.mars.lan> Password managers. Thu, 9 Nov 2023 11:05:53 -0500

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 17:39:53 -0400, e...@gmx.us wrote: > Wow. Thanks for explaining that. Fortunately, I only have Debian and plan > to change things as little as possible in the future, so I think that if I > leave things as they are, they'll keep working for a while. I do have > ~/.xsessio

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread eben
On 10/9/24 17:09, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 15:55:35 -0400, e...@gmx.us wrote: That worked. Maybe ~/.xinitrc is an old location? I'll probably leave it there unless there's a good reason to move it. [algorithm from heck] If reading this leads you to scream "WHY in the HE

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread Florent Rougon
Hi, Le 09/10/2024, Greg Wooledge a écrit: > If reading this leads you to scream "WHY in the HELL is it this > COMPLICATED?!", know that you are not alone. Unfortunately, this is > only a small part of the picture. The full picture is even worse. Yup, I'm pretty sure there was also ~/.dmrc at

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 15:55:35 -0400, e...@gmx.us wrote: > That worked. Maybe ~/.xinitrc is an old location? I'll probably leave it > there unless there's a good reason to move it. .xinitrc is the dotfile used by startx across multiple Unix/Linux implementations. Debian's startx will use that

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread eben
On 10/9/24 10:05, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 10/8/24 22:11, Ash Joubert wrote: To set environment variables for applications started by XFCE, add lines before the last line in ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc That file doesn't exist, but this one might work: eben@cerberus:~$ stat ~/.xinitrc ... I put

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread emneo
://bitwarden.com/ [2] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden On 09/10/2024 01:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager i've always used firefox's builtin manager but it's gotten to where it only works about half the time it

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
KeepPass here as well, and (not my choice) a proprietary locker at work. Can't help responding to someone with a Life glider in their sig :-) On Tue, Oct 8, 2024, 9:30 PM Dan Purgert wrote: > On Oct 08, 2024, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > what are y'alls recommendat

Re: password manager

2024-10-09 Thread eben
On 10/8/24 22:11, Ash Joubert wrote: On 2024-10-09 13:38, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 10/8/24 20:13, Ash Joubert wrote: On 2024-10-09 13:00, e...@gmx.us wrote: I use (and like) keepassx.  The only thing I don't like is right now the type is really small.  It used to be readable. keepassxc is a Qt5

Re: qt5ct and environment variables (was: Re: password manager)

2024-10-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 09:52:13 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 09/10/2024 07:38, e...@gmx.us wrote: > > > > Huh.  If I run it from a terminal emulator it looks fine, but if XFCE > > launches it the text is tiny.  Looks like QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME isn't being > > set.  Which means something is runni

qt5ct and environment variables (was: Re: password manager)

2024-10-08 Thread Max Nikulin
On 09/10/2024 07:38, e...@gmx.us wrote: Huh.  If I run it from a terminal emulator it looks fine, but if XFCE launches it the text is tiny.  Looks like QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME isn't being set.  Which means something is running a not-login shell, something between startx and xfwm.  It's defined in ~

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread Ash Joubert
On 2024-10-09 13:38, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 10/8/24 20:13, Ash Joubert wrote: On 2024-10-09 13:00, e...@gmx.us wrote: I use (and like) keepassx.  The only thing I don't like is right now the type is really small.  It used to be readable. keepassxc is a Qt5 application and honours Qt font settin

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread Paul M. Foster
On 10/8/24 19:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager i've always used firefox's builtin manager but it's gotten to where it only works about half the time it's a pita looking up and typing long cryptic passwords and i&

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread eben
On 10/8/24 20:13, Ash Joubert wrote: On 2024-10-09 13:00, e...@gmx.us wrote: I use (and like) keepassx. The only thing I don't like is right now the type is really small. It used to be readable. keepassxc is a Qt5 application and honours Qt font settings. Under XFCE, I use qt5ct and set the

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 09/10/2024 00:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager i've always used firefox's builtin manager but it's gotten to where it only works about half the time it's a pita looking up and typing long cryptic passwords and

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread Ash Joubert
On 2024-10-09 13:00, e...@gmx.us wrote: I use (and like) keepassx.  The only thing I don't like is right now the type is really small.  It used to be readable. keepassxc is a Qt5 application and honours Qt font settings. Under XFCE, I use qt5ct and set the environment variable QT_QPA_PLATFORMT

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread Ash Joubert
On 2024-10-09 12:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager i've always used firefox's builtin manager but it's gotten to where it only works about half the time it's a pita looking up and typing long cryptic passwords

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread eben
On 10/8/24 19:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager i've always used firefox's builtin manager but it's gotten to where it only works about half the time it's a pita looking up and typing long cryptic passwords and i

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread KISER JD
On Wed, Oct 9, 2024, at 00:11, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager > i've always used firefox's builtin manager > but it's gotten to where it only works about half the time > it's a pita looking up and typing

Re: password manager

2024-10-08 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 08, 2024, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager keepassxc here. -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

password manager

2024-10-08 Thread fxkl47BF
what are y'alls recommendations for a password manager i've always used firefox's builtin manager but it's gotten to where it only works about half the time it's a pita looking up and typing long cryptic passwords and i'm lazy

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations)

2018-04-03 Thread Brian
or vulnurability) of passwords during > "normal" usage--I mean, I'm thinking about the times when a password, even > though stored in a very secure manner (in a password manager or encrypted > file(s) of some sort), the password is viewable in plain text, and thus,

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager

2018-04-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 4/3/18, Richard Hector wrote: > On 03/04/18 01:07, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> the plaintext passwords would >> disappear from RAM (except to the extent that (iiuc) there are (NSA) ways >> to >> recover the contents of RAM if power is restored to the machine fairly >> quickly). > > I'm not sur

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager

2018-04-03 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, April 03, 2018 01:50:45 AM Richard Hector wrote: > On 03/04/18 01:07, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > the plaintext passwords would > > disappear from RAM (except to the extent that (iiuc) there are (NSA) ways > > to recover the contents of RAM if power is restored to the machine > > fair

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations)

2018-04-03 Thread Brian
or vulnurability) of passwords during > "normal" usage--I mean, I'm thinking about the times when a password, even > though stored in a very secure manner (in a password manager or encrypted > file(s) of some sort), the password is viewable in plain text, and thus,

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager

2018-04-02 Thread Richard Hector
On 03/04/18 01:07, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > the plaintext passwords would > disappear from RAM (except to the extent that (iiuc) there are (NSA) ways to > recover the contents of RAM if power is restored to the machine fairly > quickly). I'm not sure you actually need to be the NSA for that.

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations)

2018-04-02 Thread der.hans
words during "normal" usage--I mean, I'm thinking about the times when a password, even though stored in a very secure manner (in a password manager or encrypted file(s) of some sort), the password is viewable in plain text, and thus, to a greater or lesser degree, vulnurable. The first

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager

2018-04-02 Thread Ben Finney
rhkra...@gmail.com writes: >* during copy and paste operations, the plaintext password could > remain on the C&P "stack". thus making it vulnurable: Some notes: > > (1) I've read about at least one password manager that, somehow, > deletes the plaintex

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations)

2018-04-02 Thread rhkramer
Thanks to tomas, Roberto, and likcoras! All good points! I'm embarrassed to admit that I hadn't thought (at least to the best of my recent recollection) of the need to encrypt swap--that's something I'll want to deal with soon. On Monday, April 02, 2018 09:15:08 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > O

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager

2018-04-02 Thread likcoras
ding whether this is something you need to be worried about. > (1) I've read about at least one password manager that, somehow, > deletes > the plaintext password from the copy and paste "stack" after a time delay--I > didn't make a note of which one that was

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations)

2018-04-02 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
gt; > (1) I've read about at least one password manager that, somehow, > deletes > the plaintext password from the copy and paste "stack" after a time delay--I > didn't make a note of which one that was. > I use keepasssx and it has this feature. It is

Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations)

2018-04-02 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 09:07:16AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Just continuing to think (or maybe not think ;-) about password managers / [...] I don't know of the others (I never felt the need for a PW manager myself) but... >* during

Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations)

2018-04-02 Thread rhkramer
about the times when a password, even though stored in a very secure manner (in a password manager or encrypted file(s) of some sort), the password is viewable in plain text, and thus, to a greater or lesser degree, vulnurable. The first two situations that come to mind include: * d

Re: Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-04-01 Thread David Wright
On Fri 30 Mar 2018 at 12:15:18 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, March 30, 2018 11:17:32 AM Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > There's ~/.config > > (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/file-hierarchy.html#~/.co > > nfig) . Many apps use it, but still the majority uses ~ dir

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 31/03/18 05:57, der.hans wrote: > Captcha is still annoying and needs an "I am a cyborg" option. Cloudfare is an issue, I'm growing to hate it as much as Google, perhaps more. CF relies upon Google for captcha, why can't they use and create their own? I would prefer a captcha from DDG, at l

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 3/30/18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, March 30, 2018 08:44:53 AM Curt wrote: >> On 2018-03-30, Tomaž Šolc wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > On 27. 03. 2018 03:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I have what might be called a "religious" aversion to storing what >> >> I=20 >> >> consider "real

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread der.hans
ything other than system logins. Also, KeePassX can generate random word groups, ala correct horse battery staple. https://xkcd.com/936/ The following article has more info about password generation with KeePassXC. https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/heartbleed-a-password-manager-reality-check

Re: Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread der.hans
Am 30. Mar, 2018 schwätzte rhkra...@gmail.com so: moin moin, I tend to keep my created data in ~/local/, so ~/local/bin/, ~/local/etc/, ~/local/sandbox/, ~/local/data/, etc. I then link some of the dotfiles I want to preserve into ~/local/etc/, e.g. .mozilla, .screenrc and .vim. I haven't been

Re: Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, March 30, 2018 11:17:32 AM Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > There's ~/.config > (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/file-hierarchy.html#~/.co > nfig) . Many apps use it, but still the majority uses ~ directly (and > probably allways will). And now to comment on the above (aga

Re: Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, March 30, 2018 11:17:32 AM Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > There's ~/.config > (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/file-hierarchy.html#~/.co > nfig) . Many apps use it, but still the majority uses ~ directly (and > probably allways will). True, but I mainly wanted to comment

Re: Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 30-03-2018 11:47, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > * with that in mind, some of my proposals to various people (including > the > FHS) included things like creating a new directory, then keeping one named > /home and naming the new one either something like /data (for real user data, > and keeping

Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, March 30, 2018 09:57:02 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Anyway, these days, I store all my "real user data" in directories other > than ~, these include directories like /01, /02, (e.g., > /bob01, /bob02, /back01, back02), and I have no fear / reluctance to > create other such top level d

Re: Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 09:57:02AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > It (the stuff stored as hidden files) is what I now call "user configuration > data" as opposed to what I call "real user data", which I define as files > I've > created or intentionally captured / stored--things like text doc

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, March 30, 2018 08:44:53 AM Curt wrote: > On 2018-03-30, Tomaž Šolc wrote: > > Hi > > > > On 27. 03. 2018 03:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I have what might be called a "religious" aversion to storing what I=20 > >> consider "real" user data in /home. > > > > I'm curious. Why do y

Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, March 30, 2018 07:54:03 AM Tomaž Šolc wrote: > Hi > > On 27. 03. 2018 03:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I have what might be called a "religious" aversion to storing what I > > consider "real" user data in /home. > > I'm curious. Why do you have this aversion and where do you store

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread rhkramer
As I sometimes (often?) do, just commenting on a few points: On Friday, March 30, 2018 04:39:05 AM der.hans wrote: > Am 26. Mar, 2018 schwätzte Richard Hector so: > > On 26/03/18 04:52, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > We can add character set requirements and most sites now allow 30+ > characters, so

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread Curt
On 2018-03-30, Tomaž Šolc wrote: > > Hi > > On 27. 03. 2018 03:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> I have what might be called a "religious" aversion to storing what I=20 >> consider "real" user data in /home. > > I'm curious. Why do you have this aversion and where do you store "real" > user data? >

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread Tomaž Šolc
Hi On 27. 03. 2018 03:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I have what might be called a "religious" aversion to storing what I > consider "real" user data in /home. I'm curious. Why do you have this aversion and where do you store "real" user data? This is the first time I've heard about not storin

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-30 Thread der.hans
art of the previous bullet) a means to easily take an individual password to another machine for occasional use of another machine I use multiple files as not every device needs access to all of my data. Until now I've kept passwords in sync by hand. I'm looking forward to moving to Ke

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-28 Thread Brian
cing > > and (insofar as I could judge) it is secure. > > > > But it did take some time to come to a decision and both the other > > two you have been recommended were on my list. The last thing you > > want to be doing is changing a password manager every few months, &

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-27 Thread Richard Hector
some time to come to a decision and both the other > two you have been recommended were on my list. The last thing you > want to be doing is changing a password manager every few months, That's one of the disadvantages of masterpasswordapp, as far as I can see: If you have to change one

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-27 Thread rhkramer
> > packages that help you create a website--I think they exist, but > > > > > I've never used one--maybe Drupal is an example? > > > > > > > > The standard exists. You change your password via the website. Then > > > > you inform your pass

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-27 Thread rhkramer
d one--maybe Drupal is an example? > > > > > > The standard exists. You change your password via the website. Then > > > you inform your password manager of the change. > > > > Ok, but that's not the kind of standard I was hoping for--I was > >

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-27 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 03:57:24 AM Joe wrote: > Something I haven't seen mentioned: KeePassX does a kind of poor man's > two-factor authentication, allowing the use of both a password and an > arbitrary file in its encryption. So it's possible to store the file on > your computer(s) and carry t

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-27 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 12:56:24 AM Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Set the PASSWORD_STORE_DIR environment variable to point to your > location of choice. This is mentioned in the "Environment Variables" > section of the pass(1) manpage. Thanks! I missed that.

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-27 Thread Brian
rpasswordapp because the re-creation aspect appealed to me, it was actively maintained, the author's well-thought arguments were convincing and (insofar as I could judge) it is secure. But it did take some time to come to a decision and both the other two you have been recommended

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-27 Thread Joe
some commonality in > > > websites generated by a common website "generator" (one of those > > > packages that help you create a website--I think they exist, but > > > I've never used one--maybe Drupal is an example? > > > > The standard

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-27 Thread Joe
On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:02:48 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks to all who replied! > > I thought I'd summarize where I am: > > I like three of the suggestions (from what I've seen / investigated > (slightly) so far, but with some comments: > >* pass: appeals to me a lot--the one pro

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-26 Thread Kushal Kumaran
rhkra...@gmail.com writes: > Thanks to all who replied! > > I thought I'd summarize where I am: > > I like three of the suggestions (from what I've seen / investigated > (slightly) > so far, but with some comments: > >* pass: appeals to me a lot--the one problem for me (for which I believe

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 08:34:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 25 Mar 2018 at 22:43:26 +0200, Ángel wrote: > > > On 2018-03-25 at 19:47 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > 1 day after the breach your data had been compromised. Changing your > > > password 10 days later on in your 1 month cycle doesn't seem

Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-26 Thread Abdullah Ramazanoglu
On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:02:48 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com said: > Thanks to all who replied! You are welcome. :) >* I also like the approach suggested by Abdullah Ramazanoglu (and > the somewhat similar Diceware), but I almost didn't find the emails > from Abdullah-- for some reason my email cl

Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-26 Thread rhkramer
Thanks to all who replied! I thought I'd summarize where I am: I like three of the suggestions (from what I've seen / investigated (slightly) so far, but with some comments: * pass: appeals to me a lot--the one problem for me (for which I believe I've found the solution) is that it stores

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-26 Thread rhkramer
ackages that help you create a > > website--I think they exist, but I've never used one--maybe Drupal is an > > example? > > The standard exists. You change your password via the website. Then you > inform your password manager of the change. Ok, but that's not the kind of standard I was hoping for--I was hoping for a (standard) programmatic way of changing the password on a website, which, being programmatic, could be initiated by the password manager.

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-26 Thread Brian
. > > There may be some commonality in websites generated by a common website > "generator" (one of those packages that help you create a website--I think > they exist, but I've never used one--maybe Drupal is an example? The standard exists. You change your password via the website. Then you inform your password manager of the change. -- Brian.

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-26 Thread Brian
On Sun 25 Mar 2018 at 22:43:26 +0200, Ángel wrote: > On 2018-03-25 at 19:47 +0100, Brian wrote: > > 1 day after the breach your data had been compromised. Changing your > > password 10 days later on in your 1 month cycle doesn't seem to me to > > be reactive security. Better than nothing, I suppos

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 26/03/18 15:13, Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote: Forgot to mention. For that (and other things) I use a separate dumb browser without any active content capabilities (Java, JS, plugins, etc.) It is also worth mentioning: Firefox Master Password System Has Been Poorly Secured for the Past 9 Years

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 26/03/18 04:52, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Here are some of what I think are my criteria for a password manager: * encrypted storage on my own machines (no storage "in the cloud") * ability to transfer to other devices, including Android tablets and phones [...] *

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, March 25, 2018 08:38:25 PM Richard Hector wrote: > On 26/03/18 04:52, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >* a means to automatically update passwords on the target websites (to > > > > facilitate regular / frequent password changes)--this is probably a > > stretch--I mean something that

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Abdullah Ramazanoglu
* I keep the passwords on the short side >* I don't change the passwords as often as I should >* I sometimes use the same password on more than one site > > All of the above because it is not convenient enough for me to do > better. A redacted and grouped output of

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Richard Hector
t does mean I sometimes have to view the password and type it in, which is a pain for a 16-character password full of symbols ... >* a means to recover all the passwords if the password manager becomes > defunct (and this also implies backup and restore capabilities) It's free soft

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Ben Finney
ises another advantage of Password Store: it is a description of a password manager *without* specifying the client. There are many clients that work with this system, as can be seen at the website. https://www.passwordstore.org/#other> So I use the ‘pass’ command-line client on some machines, QtPass desk

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Ángel
On 2018-03-25 at 19:47 +0100, Brian wrote: > 1 day after the breach your data had been compromised. Changing your > password 10 days later on in your 1 month cycle doesn't seem to me to > be reactive security. Better than nothing, I suppose, but closing the > door after etc. > > In any case, your

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Brian
On Sun 25 Mar 2018 at 14:06:53 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 06:48:15PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 25 Mar 2018 at 11:52:13 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > The PIN for my credit card has only four digits. > > > > >* I don't change the passwords as oft

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 06:48:15PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 25 Mar 2018 at 11:52:13 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > The PIN for my credit card has only four digits. > > >* I don't change the passwords as often as I should > > There isn't and never has been a need to do this. Passwor

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread Brian
get > opinions and recommendations from the list. (I am continuing my effort to > read--maybe I'll get a renewed burst of enthusiasm after I send this ;-) > > Here are some of what I think are my criteria for a password manager: > >* encrypted storage on my own machines (

Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread likcoras
On 03/26/2018 12:52 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I started reading up on password managers in order to consider using one. Good! Welcome aboard. > Here are some of what I think are my criteria for a password manager: > >* encrypted storage on my own machines (no storage &

Password Manager opinions and recommendations

2018-03-25 Thread rhkramer
here to get opinions and recommendations from the list. (I am continuing my effort to read--maybe I'll get a renewed burst of enthusiasm after I send this ;-) Here are some of what I think are my criteria for a password manager: * encrypted storage on my own machines (no storage &

(Not exactly on target) Abandoning the Firefox password manager

2018-02-03 Thread Curt
For those locked into the Firefox password manager (with--and maybe even without--master password) who wish to escape (maybe I'm the only one), there is a liberating python script here: https://github.com/unode/firefox_decrypt (Maybe I'm the only one again, but I'll be damned i

Re: Nice GUI/CLI Password Manager for Linux

2008-01-27 Thread Michal R. Hoffmann
On 27/01/08 18:25, Andrew Henry wrote: One thing that annoys me with keepassX is that the password is not wiped from the clipboard after 10 seconds, like it is in the Windows version of Keepass. Extras/Settings/Security Set the Clear clipboard after nn Seconds option on. I guess you rather mi

Re: Nice GUI/CLI Password Manager for Linux

2008-01-27 Thread Andrew Henry
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:26:21PM +0100, Andrew Henry wrote: Just a thought... can you stop a password from being displayed in the terminal if using Vim--copy it to the buffer directly? I use a GUI tool called Keepass and it allows me to copy the password to

Re: Nice GUI/CLI Password Manager for Linux

2008-01-26 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 10:26:21PM +0100, Andrew Henry wrote: > Just a thought... > > can you stop a password from being displayed in the terminal if using > Vim--copy it to the buffer directly? I use a GUI tool called Keepass > and it allows me to copy the password to the clipboard without being

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