Password Manager

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by Daveski17, Jan 10, 2023.

  1. kC_

    kC_ Registered Member

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    as for self hosted, yes it most certainly will help as long as you have some understanding of firewall/security..

    I host my own, and the major security advantages of self hosting

    I control the firewall..... i can restrict to Ip address(only allow trusted ip)/Country (only allow the country you reside in)/time of login (dont allow logins while you sleep) if i wanted to only allow login over a trusted VPN etc etc...
    Also the database is in my control, i back it up, i host it, its not left "on the cloud" for some half wit to of realised they leaked a backup 5 years agp

    you cant do that with the "cloud version" basically if you live on planet earth you can attempt a login to a cloud account, your account is a target and only protected with email/password and 2fa.
    Which is why a really complex master password & upping your iterations is important (and 2fa critical)

    if you self host you are in control

    cloud is for convenience, self host is for control (but it does take some work)
     
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  2. Moose World

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  3. Azure Phoenix

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    As long as those companies don’t do the same mistake Lastpass did, even if they do get hacked and malicious people get a copy of people’s vault, it won’t be as big of a problem as Lastpass.

    Sure it would be bad. But not as much of a catastrophe as Lastpass
     
  4. waking

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    Unravelling the LifeLock "hacked passwords" story

    https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2023/01/17/serious-security-unravelling-the-nortonlifelock-hacked-passwords-story/

    "... what actually happened here, and was this a breach in the conventional sense?"
     
  5. paulderdash

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    I use RoboForm (familiarity), also BitWarden.
    Used to be a LastPass user, but have deleted my account. Still need to change all finance-related passwords.
    Have always implemented 2FA with these.

    Has anyone tried IronVest?
    Borrows from the old Abine / Blur ... seems interesting covering varous bases including password management, using blockchain tech etc., but still proprietary.
     
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  6. Rasheed187

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    It seems indeed to be a rebranded version of Blur. I guess it's interesting, but it's not cloud based. Cloud based password managers are of course a risk, but as long as you use 2FA for your most important accounts and hackers can't crack your master password I guess you should be pretty safe.
     
  7. pegas

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    Biwarden has been updated, the extensions and the web vault as well. At first glance I see some graphics improvements, I hope other improvements are under the hood.
     
  8. kC_

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    the main improvement is the addition of argon2 support, also the extension has fixed the issue with chromium110 browsers being unable to use webauthn/fido for 2fa
     
  9. pegas

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    Good to know, thx :thumb:
     
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    Bitwarden iOS release notes.

     
  11. Moose World

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    Hi,
    carrylinks.com
    youtube.com/watch?v=QFjdMU8l1ws

    Thoughts and opinions on the above:)?
     
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