Dev/Password Manager
Password Manager Comparison Table[edit]
The following table compares the features and status of three password managers that were suggested to be included in Kicksecure ™. Data was acquired in March, 2014.
TODO: add keepassxc
KeePassXC | KeePassX | Figaro's Password Manager 2 | |
---|---|---|---|
Homepage | https://keepassxc.org![]() |
https://www.keepassx.org/![]() |
https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/![]() |
Debian package | https://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassxc![]() |
https://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassx![]() |
https://packages.qa.debian.org/fpm2![]() |
Latest version | 2.7.1 [1] | 2.0 Alpha 5 [2] | 0.79 [3] |
Debian version (stable / testing) | 2.6.2 / 2.6.6 [4] | 0.4.3 [5] | 0.79 [6] |
Used in other security-focused distributions | No [7] | Tails [8] | Liberte Linux [9] |
Libraries | Qt5 | Qt 4.3 [10] | GTK2 [11] |
Popularity contest statistics (rounded) | 5584 [12] | 4300 [13] | 250 [14] |
Download archive size (rounded) | 7400 kB [15] | 1150 kB [16] | 150 kB [17] |
Additional disk space needed (rounded) | kB [18] | 3150 kB [19] | 550 kB [20] |
Size installed (rounded) | 4907 k [21] | 3100 k [22] | 500 k [23] |
Block ciphers | AES et.al. [24] | AES or Twofish [25] | AES [26] |
Key size | 256 bits | 256 bits [27] | 256 bits [28] |
Hashing | SHA-256+ | SHA-256 [29] | SHA-256 [30] |
Key file support | Yes | Yes [31] | Yes [32] |
Password generator | Yes | Yes [33] | Yes [34] |
Various | 0.4.3 is no longer maintained [35] | No longer in Debian stretch. |
Discussion[edit]
These are update notes on the password manager choices covered as of 2016:
Candidates:
- Bruce Schneier's passwordsafe is a good replacement. Its only available in Stretch and Sid.
Excluded options:
- KeePass 2 (keepass.info) use not recommended because of their hostile stance against user security. [36]
- fpm2 was removed from Debian because its upstream development is dead. [37]
Forum Topic[edit]
https://forums.whonix.org/t/done-add-password-manager-by-default/189
Status[edit]
fpm2 is installed by default.
Footnotes[edit]
Many thanks to Tails team for their discussion on the topic of password managers. [38]
- ↑ https://keepassxc.org/blog
- ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/news/
- ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/changelog
- ↑ https://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassxc
- ↑ https://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassx
- ↑ https://packages.qa.debian.org/fpm2
- ↑ To the best knowledge of the author
- ↑ https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/manage_passwords/index.en.html
- ↑ https://dee.su/liberte
- ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/requirements/
- ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/
- ↑ https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=keepassxc
- ↑ https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=keepassx
- ↑ https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=fpm2
- ↑ apt install keepass2
- ↑ apt install keepassx
- ↑ apt install fpm2
- ↑ apt install keepassxc
- ↑ apt install keepassx
- ↑ apt install fpm2
- ↑ apt-cache show keepassxc
- ↑ apt-cache show keepassx
- ↑ apt-cache show fpm2
- ↑ https://keepassxc.org/docs
- ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/
- ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about
- ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/
- ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about
- ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/
- ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about
- ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/
- ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about
- ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/
- ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about
- ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/bug-reports/
- ↑
KeePass 2's reaction to a MITM bug report against its Update Check:
8.2.2016 @ 15:45: Received response from Dominik Reichl: The vulnerability will not be fixed. The indirect costs of switching to HTTPS (like lost advertisement revenue) make it a inviable solution.
- ↑
https://forums.whonix.org/t/add-password-manager-by-default/189/21
- ↑ https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/5745
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