Show HN: Manage passwords with GPG
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#2Pass (http://www.passwordstore.org/) is password manager based on GPG that's been around for longer. It has some more tools available that are built around it and helps organize passwords as well.
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#3I'm definitely all for multiple options, but a tool that does exactly this exists already, and uses git so you never lose history and can easily pass the store around.
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#4http://www.passwordstore.org/ is a similar solution, and I prefer it to this solution for a few reasons:
* git integration.
* Separate file for each secret, so that I can store the password on the first line and then other sensitive account details on subsequent lines.
* -c flag for copying passwords to clipboard (but only copies the first line of the file, so it doesn't interfere with the usecase above)
* tab completion for user account names. However, this comes at a slight cost to security -- anyone with access to your machine (or git repo) can see all of the websites / accounts for which you have a password.
* Everything happens via the file system and secrets are just gpg encrypted text files. So it's really easy to implement new utilities on top of your password store. This is true for this solution as well, but somehow having separate files for each account makes it safer to implement utilities that do account management.
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#5http://www.passwordstore.org/ is a similar solution, and I prefer it to this solution for a few reasons: * git integration. * Separate file for each secret, so that I can store the password on the first line and then other sensitive account details on subsequent lines. * -c flag for copying passwords to clipboard (but only copies the first line of the file, so it doesn't interfere with the usecase above) * tab comple…
It would be nice if there were a way to integrate it with the OS X keychain, unfortunately I haven't gotten around to it and I haven't been able to find anyone who has done this already since it's tricky to google.
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#6I just use a GPG-encrypted org-mode file... It's neatly organized as a table, and always easily accesible from my recent files buffer.
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#7http://www.passwordstore.org/ is a similar solution, and I prefer it to this solution for a few reasons: * git integration. * Separate file for each secret, so that I can store the password on the first line and then other sensitive account details on subsequent lines. * -c flag for copying passwords to clipboard (but only copies the first line of the file, so it doesn't interfere with the usecase above) * tab comple…
Another reason for me is the cross-platform compatibility.
With git, I'm able to synchronize passwords across OSX and Linux machines,
and the features (even copying) work well on both platforms.
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#8We created our password file with ccrypt, and modern vim can open it right up with no fuss.
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#9http://www.passwordstore.org/ is a similar solution, and I prefer it to this solution for a few reasons: * git integration. * Separate file for each secret, so that I can store the password on the first line and then other sensitive account details on subsequent lines. * -c flag for copying passwords to clipboard (but only copies the first line of the file, so it doesn't interfere with the usecase above) * tab comple…
It would be nice if there were a way to integrate it with the OS X keychain, unfortunately I haven't gotten around to it and I haven't been able to find anyone who has done this already since it's tricky to google.
It would be nice if I could at least export from the OS X keychain (you can always write up a simple script to add them to pass). Internet accounts can be exported, but all the rest won't work.
I've given up on it, but I'd like to know if anyone might have found something that I overlooked.
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#10http://www.passwordstore.org/ is a similar solution, and I prefer it to this solution for a few reasons: * git integration. * Separate file for each secret, so that I can store the password on the first line and then other sensitive account details on subsequent lines. * -c flag for copying passwords to clipboard (but only copies the first line of the file, so it doesn't interfere with the usecase above) * tab comple…
Separate files for each secret is a downside for me, particularly since it exposes the lookup key.
[edit] deleted paragraph that was supposed to be added to a different comment.