cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/42164102

Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options Academics say they found a series of flaws affecting three popular password managers, all of which claim to protect user credentials in the event that their servers are compromised.…

  • fonix232@fedia.io
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    21 hours ago

    How do you recommend people sync between devices? What about devices that, for security reasons, do not allow flash drives or any external device to be plugged in?

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      21 hours ago

      I have my keepass file in a samba share on my raspberry pi running wireguard. But it’s easier just using nextcloud. Anyway, the file is encrypted.

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        19 hours ago

        At that point, why bother with the setup of samba shares and nextcloud or syncthing or whatever else and not use VaultWarden with its built in sync over WireGuard/TailScale?

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        18 hours ago

        Sadly this functionality is not included in KeepassXC, so I continue to use the original Keepass for this reason, but I agree, my setup is the same and I’m very happy with it.

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      21 hours ago

      You could use Github or similar. Your password file itself requires a password, so as long as the passwords are different you aren’t screwed if Github is compromised.

      Either that or you could keep it on your phone and type your password in manually - Keepass lets you generate passphrases which makes typing them a lot easier.

      Or you could store it on your own server and VPN in if you’re allowed to. It’s all pretty flexible.

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        19 hours ago

        So, absolutely no difference in security compared to having a properly secured self-hosted VaultWarden instance. Gotcha.

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          18 hours ago

          In the niche situation of not being allowed to connect USB drives to the computer you’re using? I guess.

          There’s nothing stopping you from keeping it on an offline device and typing them in manually.