Re:Don't Store Passwords, Generate Them When Needed
by rjshade on Monday April 11, 2011 @02:28AM
(#2431640)
My solution is to use Keepass. It stores passwords in an encrypted database file which I store in Dropbox - that solves the machine synchronization problem.
The main database is protected by a passphrase and/or keyfile (any file which won't change e.g. ~/Dropbox/Photos/2008/France/Photo5.jpg). One advantage of this is that a simple keylogger will be stumped by the keyfile - even if your passphrase is recorded an attacker still needs Photo5.jpg to decrypt the database.
The main database is protected by a passphrase and/or keyfile (any file which won't change e.g. ~/Dropbox/Photos/2008/France/Photo5.jpg). One advantage of this is that a simple keylogger will be stumped by the keyfile - even if your passphrase is recorded an attacker still needs Photo5.jpg to decrypt the database.
It's originally a Windows app (http://www.keepass.info/), but is open-source and there's a fully featured Linux/OSX port called KeepassX (http://www.keepassx.org/)