Re: comparing password managers in Debian, synchronizing on multiple devices

2016-10-24 Thread William Satterthwaite
I think a table; something like this would be prudent. I only know about
FPM2 as that is what I use, would be interesting in seeing a summary of
alternatives.

Password Manager
Supports snycing
Features
FPM2
No
Cipher: ACS-256
- Generates passwords up to 255 characters long, with options for
numbers, symbols and avoiding ambiguous characters (1 and I etc.)
- Password categories and filtering
- Search on typing
- Store addition reference information (url, notes, username)
- Password launchers
- Copy password to Primary selection or clipboard without showing it.
- Can use a key file
- Export/Import passwords to/from XML for moving between managers


About syncing, I use Mega.nz, because client side encryption, but some
inbuilt syncing system would be better, ideally peer to peer, so it
never leaves my devices.

On 25/10/16 06:44, deloptes wrote:
> Daniel Pocock wrote:
>
>>
>> On 24/10/16 13:05, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>>
>>> There have been various discussions in here and in some derivative
>>> projects like Ubuntu about choosing and using password managers,
>>> especially the way to sync their password lists across multiple devices.
>>>
>>> Given the way we do things in Debian it is important not to depend on a
>>> service like Dropbox to sync the password files.
>>>
>>> Therefore, how are people choosing a password manager and solving this
>>> in practice?
>>>
>>> - which password managers have a built-in mechanism for synchronizing or
>>> merging password lists on multiple devices?
>>>
>>> - who is using some other mechanism such as Git or ownCloud to sync?
>>>
>>> I've made a list of some of the password managers in Debian:
>>>
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/a/assword.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/p/password-gorilla.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/p/password-store.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/r/revelation.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/k/keepass2.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/k/keepassx.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/k/kedpm.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/f/fpm2.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/c/cpm.html
>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/p/passwordsafe.html
>>>
>>> There are quite a few and so it is hard for somebody to know the best
>>> place to start, maybe a comparison table in the wiki will be needed.
>> Wiki now created:
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/PasswordManagement
>>
>>
>>> Some other factors that come to mind for a comparison table:
>>>
>>> - support for PGP
>>> - support for other strong crypto (e.g. smartcard)
>>> - merging algorithm for multiple devices
>>> - multi-user / team capabilities
>>> - browser integration
>>>
>>> I notice that Tails chose to include KeePassX, although there is some
>>> uncertainty how it was selected:
>>>
>>> https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/9231
>>>
>>> Can anybody comment on its history there?
>>>
> What about the wallet? In KDE4 and former KDE3 now Trinity Desktop we use
> the kwallet now tdewallet to store the passwords. I know gnome has also
> one, but I don't know it's name. I think each desktop has or should have a
> kind of integrated password manager. It is worth mentioning this.
>
> https://userbase.kde.org/KDE_Wallet_Manager
> https://utils.kde.org/projects/kwalletmanager/
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KWallet
>
> regards
>
>
>



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Re: Firefox lost restore previous session setting

2016-10-21 Thread William Satterthwaite
In that case, you could try this
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/session-manager/> addon.
Once installed, you can go session manager > session manager options >
Startup and Shutdown > change the  startup option to 'show my windows
and tabs from last time'

It does seem Firefox is taking a strange direction, hopefully they come
back around.


On 22/10/16 07:32, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 21/10/16 04:28 AM, William Satterthwaite wrote:
>>
>> Are you accessing the restore button through the default home page?
>> If this is where the button has disappeared from, you can try
>> accessing it through the settings button > history > restore. Or
>> enable the menu bar > history > restore.
>>
>> If your already using this method, sorry I'm not sure what happened
>> to it. Working fine 45.3.0
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>
> Thanks. The  settings button | History  has a "Restore Closed Tabs"
> option that isn't in the History pulldown. When you first start
> Firefox, the option reads "Restore Closed Windows". Neither actually
> does the same thing as the "restore previous session" button used to
> do. I have no idea what criteria Firefox uses to decide which
> windows/tabs to restore, but they aren't the ones that were open when
> I closed Firefox.
>
> There also doesn't seem to be way of customizing the menu bar to
> include the option, or even the option in settings button | History
> section. The History | Restore Closed Tabs is gone.
>
> I'm using Firefox 45.4.0.
>
> I preferred it when Firefox automatically restored your last session.
> I didn't mind it when it started asking you nor even when it made you
> press a button on the startup page. I gather from the increasing
> difficulty in restoring the previous session, someone has decided that
> people simply shouldn't do it.  :)
>
>



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