[Cialug] Password managers

[Jeffrey Ollie]

LastPass, at least the browser plug-ins, is implemented in client-side
JavaScript so it's just as easy to verify as anything else. I'm not sure
about the status of any of their other code.
On Sep 15, 2014 12:18 PM, "Josh More" <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:

> The big difference is that you can look at the KeePass2 code and know
> how the encryption works.  I do not believe that we have that level of
> assurance with LastPass.
>
> -Josh
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> wrote:
> > One thing to be aware of with lastpass, is that you are only sharing a
> > pre-encrypted blob with the online server.  In that aspect, it is exactly
> > as secure as storing any other pre-encrypted pw database online.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <
> >> daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> > What do people use for password managers?
> >>
> >>
> >> I've been using KeePass at work for all that stuff, and I like it very
> >> much.  I'm in Windows at work, and it works well there.  I've used the
> Mono
> >> version of it and had trouble.  Perhaps it's improved recently.
> >>
> >> For everything web I use LastPass.  It makes me uncomfortable to share
> the
> >> family jewels with an online service, so I have a heightened sense of
> >> awareness of security issues there.  But it works fabulously.
> >>
> >> --
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