[Cialug] Password managers

[Scott Yates]

There is a good article going through the code and encryption used in
lastpass in case anyone is interested:
http://blog.lastpass.com/2010/07/lastpass-gets-green-light-from-security.html


On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Crouse <crouse at usalug.net> wrote:

> KeePass2 at work and home on Linux.
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
>
> > 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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