1Password and the Crypto Wars

Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by laurent123456 on Saturday September 07, 2013 @02:11AM (#6344122)

Unfortunately, the developer of Keepass has made the choice of using .NET for development, which means it's pretty much Windows only. There are some non-official clients for Mac OS X and Linux but they don't work great (missing features like auto-completion or browser integration). I'm still using Keepass on these platforms though, but I can see how a truly cross-platform solution like 1Password is appealing.

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by saulrh on Saturday September 07, 2013 @02:45AM (#6344172)

Keepass runs reasonably well using mono. There are some bugs that would cause problems for real power users - for example, opening multiple databases with the same instance of 2.x is bad - but for basic use it's more than good enough. If you're on an ubuntu or debian, I use jtaylor's PPA: https://launchpad.net/~jtaylor/+archive/keepass

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by lwhalen on Saturday September 07, 2013 @02:19AM (#6344134)

Does 1Password have a Linux client? Looking at their page, they appear to only support Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by clebio on Saturday September 07, 2013 @08:49AM (#6344925)

No, but it runs fine using Wine. I created a shell script to launch it with a key-stroke. If you want browser integration, you can run Firefox in Wine as well (or Chrome).

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by shawndumas on Saturday September 07, 2013 @12:00PM (#6345397)

they create an HTML file in your Dropbox (when you sync) that you can hit with any browser.

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by jamesgeck0 on Saturday September 07, 2013 @05:30PM (#6346704)

Just opening the 1PasswordAnywhere html file in Firefox doesn't work. Something about Firefox's local file access policy. I serve the HTML file with `python -m SimpleHTTPServer` and visit localhost:8000 to use it.

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by MacsHeadroom on Saturday September 07, 2013 @06:31AM (#6344634)

KeepPass2 is actually built on Mono, the open source multi-platform .net clone. It just happens to work with M$ .net.

I have it running on OS X, Linux, Android and Windows, all at the same time, while singing changed across platforms with secure Web Dav based cloud storage. Took me 20 min to set up on all four devices.

As someone who had their passwords leaked by an attack against one of the largest commercial password safes just a few years ago (heard of pwnedlist or the LastPass beaches?) I have been happily using KeePass as amuch more secure FOSS alternative with equal (if not more) functionality ever since, without any hangups to speak of.

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by taway2012 on Saturday September 07, 2013 @12:19PM (#6345454)

As other said, Keepass2 works under Mono.

Even better, Keepass2 is included in the Ubuntu official repos. And it runs pretty well. Autotyping your password into other programs also works. I really like Keepass2.

  sudo apt-get install keepass2

Good luck!

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by jl6 on Saturday September 07, 2013 @02:21AM (#6344137)

I use KeepassX on Linux, Windows and Android.

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by deckiedan on Saturday September 07, 2013 @08:11AM (#6344821)

I have been using KeepassX for years on Linux, Android and OSX. No problems anywhere. Yes, the interface isn't the most '2013 flat UI webapps' whatever, but it's simple, and works.

We're currently moving our office over to KeepassX for our lists, also iOS clients, Windows and for a while I had it quite happily on my java feature-phone. (Entering the master password on the feature-phone was a bit fiddly though...)

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Re:1Password and the Crypto Wars by rorrr2 on Saturday September 07, 2013 @03:25AM (#6344236)

There are Keepass ports for every major OS.

Since it's open source, anybody can implement the client.

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