[NFBCS] Password managers

Wed Nov 18 21:44:03 UTC 2020

Hi,

I think it depends on your personal preference, and what you want from
a password manager. Pass was designed to be a very simple solution,
the default Unix implementation is just a command line tool, actually
a bash script, managing a directory tree of GPG encrypted files. It is
arguably one of the most secure password managers, since everything is
encrypted with GPG. You are also in complete control of how you want
to arrange the folders and files containing your passwords. However,
you are required to set up some things that other password managers do
automatically, like keeping your passwords in sync between devices.
Personally I use Syncthing to keep my password directories in sync. If
this sounds like the type of person you are, you will find Pass
useful. It is definitely not for everyone though.

The default command line implementation of pass can be used like this:

$ pass list # will list all your passwords.

$ pass add gmail # will add a password called gmail. This will create
a folder called gmail.gpg in your password folder.

$ pass gmail # will prompt for your gpg passphrase, and then display
the password saved under gmail.

You can include slashes in a password name, in which case pass will
create subdirectories.

There are also third-party implementations for pass on other
platforms, but I don't know how accessible they are. The Android
client is the only other implementation I've used. It is usable, but
it does have some accessibility quirks.

Regards,

Rynhardt

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 8:55 PM maurice mines
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> Hello, I just have a question about the platform that I use the most, but I think based on what you said there is but I want to be sure, I am writing this in Windows, but that's only because Windows is where the dictation software lives. I actually use a Mac about 85% of the time. Can this utility help me manage passwords better?
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> On 11/18/2020 7:10 AM, Rynhardt Kruger via NFBCS wrote:
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> One I know of which is in theory very secure is simply called Pass.
>
> https://www.passwordstore.org/
>
> It was designed for the Unix command line, but there is a Windows
> client and plugins for web browsers, though I don't know how
> accessible they are as I mostly use it from the Linux console. It
> stores your passwords as GPG encrypted files which you can simply
> share between devices with your usual strategy. You can even put your
> passwords on Dropbox or wherever, since it's GPG encrypted they'll
> probably be safe. It takes some setting up though, as you need to
> generate yourself a GPG key (if you don't already have one), and also
> install both a Pass client and a GPG agent on every device where you
> want access to your passwords.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rynhardt
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> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 4:06 PM Tracy Carcione via NFBCS
> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I see the advantages, but I'm very suspicious of putting anything important
> in "the cloud".  It smells like taking the things I most want to keep secure
> and hanging them up right where the bad guys are looking for them and
> thinking of every way they can to get them.  I just can't help thinking it's
> a bad idea.
> Tracy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Christopher
> Chaltain via NFBCS
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 6:14 AM
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> Cc: Christopher Chaltain; 'Tracy Carcione'
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Password managers
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> I settled on Bitwarden. I'm not sure what you mean about subscribing to it,
> but since Bitwarden stores your information in the cloud you do need to log
> onto it. The upside is that it will seamlessly let you access your
> information across all of your devices. It's free for personal use.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: [NFBCS] Password managers
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> Can anyone recommend an easy accessible password manager?  I see some old
> emails saying 1password is good, but things change.
>
> I would prefer one I don't have to subscribe to, but I also want a good,
>
> easy-to-
>
> use one.
>
> I have lots of passwords I've written down over the years, so I want 1
>
> that will
>
> let me enter those passwords into it.
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> I'm using Windows, and sometimes iOS.
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> Thanks.
>
> Tracy
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