[Cialug] Password managers

Josh More jmore at starmind.org
Mon Sep 15 12:17:35 CDT 2014


The big difference is that you can look at the KeePass2 code and know
how the encryption works.  I do not believe that we have that level of
assurance with LastPass.

-Josh

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:
> One thing to be aware of with lastpass, is that you are only sharing a
> pre-encrypted blob with the online server.  In that aspect, it is exactly
> as secure as storing any other pre-encrypted pw database online.
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <
>> daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > What do people use for password managers?
>>
>>
>> I've been using KeePass at work for all that stuff, and I like it very
>> much.  I'm in Windows at work, and it works well there.  I've used the Mono
>> version of it and had trouble.  Perhaps it's improved recently.
>>
>> For everything web I use LastPass.  It makes me uncomfortable to share the
>> family jewels with an online service, so I have a heightened sense of
>> awareness of security issues there.  But it works fabulously.
>>
>> --
>> Todd
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