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RE: Terms of Service; Didn't Read



Looking into it more, it looks like you can use a key file.  If you choose
some random location, that would be sufficient to prevent the
virus-getting-the-master-database attack.  Of course, you'll need to have
good back-ups so you don't lose your key file.

Keepass seems like a good solution if you don't wanna do the PGP thing.

 > From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
 > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:35:16 -0700
 >
 >  > From: , Christopher J" <http://www.optum.com/~Chris>
 >  > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:43:42 +0000
 >  >
 >  > Is it a good or bad idea to have an encrypted file on your computer with your 
 >  > passwords?
 > 
 > That's what Keepass does.
 > 
 >  > I suppose you can use PGP to encrypt it?
 > 
 > I do this.  (I actually used GnuPG and openssl.)  The major downside is
 > that if someone gets the file and also has your master password, you're
 > screwed.  According to
 > 
 >  http://lifehacker.com/391555/best-free-ways-to-protect-your-private-files
 > 
 > it looks like you can keep passwords in separate files.  That would
 > probably be the most secure way since, if a virus on your computer picks
 > up the Keepass database file, that would be insufficient alone to break
 > into your passwords.




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