Again, I’d like to thank you for such a detailed response. I think it would be better initially to go with dropbox while I’m learning about servers and finding out a way of running one; I guess I’d have to run it on a NAS of some sort. This will take longer. But with Dropbox, I could set things up more quickly. Does this mean - if I understand you correctly - I’d use Strongbox on Mac os and iOS devices and KeePass on Windows 11 and point them to Dropbox for synchronisation. Is this correct?
I’m very grateful for your input. Andrew > On 30 Sep 2024, at 13:26, 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > I can’t speak to your skill level but there’s no doubt that Strongbox has > many knobs for you to twiddle with. I like options, and although it’s > certainly quite approachable (especially with the excellent documentation in > hand), I think it’s fair to say that you’ll be investing time into your > setup, at least initially, particularly with regard to syncing. Crucially, > you have to arrange it such that your iOS device can always access the > storage you’ll use for your databases, and that KeePass on Windows will read > and write the same databases. KeePass just treats the database files as any > other file on your disk, so much as with any other app that accesses network > storage, you just need to make sure it’s available when you need it. > Strongbox, being a mobile app, is very resilient to being offline, > maintaining local cached copies of files and seamlessly synchronising > changes, but if you want to see those changes synchronise in near real-time, > you will want to make sure the network and server are available whenever you > need them to get changes from one device to the other. Strongbox will try to > cover for failures, but ultimately this is your responsibility. > > And speaking of syncing, Strongbox natively supports Dropbox, Google Drive, > OneDrive, and any SFTP or WebDAV server, in addition to its own Internet and > local network syncing between Strongbox apps. If you only use Windows with > Strongbox and you want the simplest possible setup, you’d go with one of the > public clouds on the list, installing the corresponding app on Windows and > just using the file in the local syncing directory in KeePass; a bit more > work, and you can use your own server with SFTP (very common on any device > with SSH enabled) or WebDAV (some NAS devices). If you run a server and want > to reach it from the Internet, you arrange it so that this is possible from > outside your LAN: you set up the (probably dynamic) DNS so it resolves the > hostname to your public IP address, you forward the necessary ports to your > server, and so on. Or, as I do, you use a VPN to reach into your network, > which is easier in some ways because once it’s set up you access your entire > network using the same internal addresses irrespective of whether you’re home > or not, but it does mean you need to route your internal home addresses to a > VPN server that you either run yourself or have someone else host, which adds > some complexity but does mean you have much more secure access because you > don’t need to open holes in your firewall for specific servers and can reach > your whole network. > > So yes, possible, but the point is that you get to assume responsibilities > that just using 1Password or even BitWarden frees you from by virtue of being > completely hosted. No shame if you’d rather not, but I do think the payoff is > well worth it. > > Glad you find my comments interesting! > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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