I installed keepassx. Not much use to me. 1. Illegible with my eyesight (reported to them) 2. Insufficient fields (seems to be non expandable).
regards On 22 November 2014 02:37, Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.email> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 11/20/14 10:40 AM, Dave Pawson wrote: > | Requirement. Two machines (one Linux, one Windows). > | > | I want a secure file 'shared' between them, as a pwd-safe. > | > | Only I use the two machines, but need the file encrypted. > | > | Any alternatives to symmetrical encryption of a file? > > Either symmetric or PK encryption would suit your needs, but as > someone pointed out already, a better solution is to use a password safe. > > KeePass is an excellent solution, and I use the same password db > between Windows, Linux, and OS X (not in that order). :) You want to > use the lowest common denominator format between those systems, which > at this point is the 1.28 version for Windows, and the keepassx > version that comes with most Linux distributions (I use Ubuntu > primarily). For OS X it gets a little trickier, since the version that > includes auto-type is community sourced, but the person who produces > it is well trusted, and a lot of people use it. > > Schneier had an interesting blog post recently about password safes, > with a link to papers that did extensive research on them. KeePass > came out looking pretty good, as one of the key problems with most > password safes is that if the auto-type is truly automatic, it can be > triggered by malicious software and grab your passwords off the > clipboard in windows. While KeePass does have an auto-type feature, > you have to trigger the key sequence to use it, and that sequence is > user-configurable. And obviously you don't want to use solutions like > LastPass, where your stuff is stored in their cloud. The question of > "What if they get hacked?" is no longer academic, since it happened > recently. > > For synchronization between systems I use SpiderOak, which also has > clients for all 3 platforms. KeePass already encrypts the db file, and > SpiderOak, unlike most "cloud storage" platforms, encrypts the files > it backs up locally (on your system) with a special key that the > company does not know. The upload channel is encrypted to their > servers as well, so your data is never available in the clear. Because > they don't know the encryption key your data is never de-duplicated > with other people's stuff, although if you set up folder > synchronization between systems the same files will be de-duplicated > within your own account. > > ... and speaking of folder synchronization, one of the things I like > about SpiderOak is that you can set up arbitrary folders to > synchronize between systems, you don't have to put all of your stuff > in one folder. You can also configure it to exclude certain files from > syncing, which is handy to avoid synching the .lock file for KeePass. :) > > http://keepass.info/index.html > > https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/09/security_of_pas.html > > If you use this link to sign up for SpiderOak, I get free space. :) > https://spideroak.com/signup/referral/25c4971714a13f13c24fa98a43317dc2/ > > Or, here is the regular link, if you prefer: > https://spideroak.com/ > > hope this helps, > > Doug > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJUb/bPAAoJEFzGhvEaGryEq9EH/0pwRxi7PpJMlJs9yGOvdcBO > +oqL6uJ99U72kdmUeznLzSewN5pHJoKB26gHAqs2WvNnoNGDOfRKz89ijKxCOWbE > 8uJfz+AEqDJLe6CdLXSVTTa8SdLDydYUqrQZuV3aPxVPCCA91I4vi0HVB3MAlqLV > ndOEaX6wP6/GCqVDkHUDQ9V37jmFHa7jl2RKFXj5BRL31ztQuqVQ4VlCiVbZFvje > aipBL8p1l9EBdEUdQIM7tnykeP9EY+0F5zQmSqAuxxk+CFKQZBJ2FqZN1bnvi5OC > QQFaUy4sGQKdI/uoOQOVM5YHXzQxJ6tZY1zFUudQwcs/Sdi2EQkRZQVOpMHeeqQ= > =dI3t > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
