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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.orgarchive.org https://www.keepassx.org/archive.org https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/archive.org
Debian package https://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassxcarchive.org https://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassxarchive.org https://packages.qa.debian.org/fpm2archive.org
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Various 0.4.3 is no longer maintained [35] No longer in Debian stretch.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:

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/189archive.org

Status[edit]

fpm2 is installed by default.

Footnotes[edit]

Many thanks to Tails team for their discussion on the topic of password managers. [38]

  1. ↑ https://keepassxc.org/blogarchive.org
  2. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/news/archive.org
  3. ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/changelogarchive.org
  4. ↑ https://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassxcarchive.org
  5. ↑ https://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassxarchive.org
  6. ↑ https://packages.qa.debian.org/fpm2archive.org
  7. ↑ To the best knowledge of the author
  8. ↑ https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/manage_passwords/index.en.htmlarchive.org
  9. ↑ https://dee.su/libertearchive.org
  10. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/requirements/archive.org
  11. ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/archive.org
  12. ↑ https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=keepassxcarchive.org
  13. ↑ https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=keepassxarchive.org
  14. ↑ https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=fpm2archive.org
  15. ↑ apt install keepass2
  16. ↑ apt install keepassx
  17. ↑ apt install fpm2
  18. ↑ apt install keepassxc
  19. ↑ apt install keepassx
  20. ↑ apt install fpm2
  21. ↑ apt-cache show keepassxc
  22. ↑ apt-cache show keepassx
  23. ↑ apt-cache show fpm2
  24. ↑ https://keepassxc.org/docsarchive.org
  25. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/archive.org
  26. ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/aboutarchive.org
  27. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/archive.org
  28. ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/aboutarchive.org
  29. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/archive.org
  30. ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/aboutarchive.org
  31. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/archive.org
  32. ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/aboutarchive.org
  33. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/archive.org
  34. ↑ https://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/aboutarchive.org
  35. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/bug-reports/archive.org
  36. ↑ 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.archive.org
  37. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/add-password-manager-by-default/189/21archive.org
  38. ↑ https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/5745archive.org

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