Password security - was MyPasswordSafe converter to KeePassX available

Bill Mills-Curran bill-vkTs+VQvlcx08jASMa9Plw at public.gmane.org
Sat Dec 11 20:33:30 EST 2010


On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:18:14PM -0500, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> From: Ryan Pugatch <rpug-vYTEC60ixJUAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> To: blu <discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:18:14 -0500
> Subject: Password security - was MyPasswordSafe converter to KeePassX available
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> This seems like a pretty neat idea.  Maybe I'm just set in my ways, but 
> I just keep my passwords stored in a gpg encrypted file.
> 
> I have a Makefile which I use to easily decrypt/view/edit/encrypt and it 
> uses bcwipe to securely erase the unencrypted version.

I also keep my (too many) passwords in a gpg encrypted file.  I
decrypt in an xemacs shell so there's no decrypted file on disk.
(Yes, I'm sure it exists in swap somewhere.)

Bill





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