[conspire] storing passwords

[Ehud Kaldor]

for what it's worth, Keepass is open source (which drove me towards it, and
away from LastPass, long time ago). I keep it on cloud so it i synced
between devices. probably a compromise, but then i'm not a Unix veteran
like most of you guys...


On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 12:44 PM Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Ehud Kaldor (ehud.kaldor at gmail.com):
>
> > what do you guys think of password managers such as KeePass? have one
> > master password for it, and have it generate passwords for you...
>
> What I _personally_ think is that I want my password manager to be in a
> separate, airgapped device -- for obvious reasons.  This is why I keep
> using extremely obsolete PalmOS PDAs and the excellent open-source Keyring
> (http://gnukeyring.sourceforge.net/) application.  It is an ideal match
> for my security model (except for the detail about PalmOS devices being
> now antique and the PDA being no longer an accepted product category).
>
> At the cost of occasionally, slightly compromising my security model, I
> can have a second route into my Keyring database in the form of J-Pilot
> for Linux, because it has a 'conduit' (glue piece) that gives it access
> to the Keyring database in your PalmOS file backup (if you type in your
> Keyring master password, in J-Pilot).
>
> Screenshot of one of J-Pilot's screens:
> http://jpilot.org/screenshots/jpilot-datebook.png
> (it's a GTK front-end for the pilot-link utilities.)
>
> Modern devices for managing passwords offline are occasionally discussed
> on the SVLUG mailing list.  Some seem really promising, and, unlike
> PalmOS PDAs, fit in your pocket.
>
>
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