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Mitro Releases a New Free and Open Source Password Manager

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Re: Mitro Releases a New Free and Open Source Password Manager

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Post by edcastro »

nicpottier wrote: post #10

This looks really great, sadly this is the type of product where being an early adopter makes me nervous, but after a few minutes of playing with it I'm impressed with the UI. I love the functionality of LastPass, I really do, but man their UI is terrible. I trust them from a security front though and in the end that is what matters most to me. If Mitro builds up that same rep then I'll switch over, but until then wa…

The UI is indeed awesome. I'd love to see a little more development on the features (doesn't support wildcard domains, for example). But it's definitely a great starting point to work on.

Re: Mitro Releases a New Free and Open Source Password Manager

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Post by mercnet »

evanj wrote: post #4
marcoamorales wrote: post #3

If I can host my own server, this sounds like a very promising solution.

That is absolutely the intention. Currently the docs are lacking, but we will try to add directions about running your own server in the next few days.

Will there be an option to use your own server in the chrome extension and android app? Or will I have to compile both with my custom server address?

Re: Mitro Releases a New Free and Open Source Password Manager

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Post by scrollaway »

vijayp wrote: post #2

We're very excited to make this available to the community and welcome pull requests, bug reports, etc.. Pitch in on Github: https://github.com/mitro-co/mitro

Congratulations on the release guys.

Would you mind talking about your strengths and weaknesses compared to KeepassX?

Re: Mitro Releases a New Free and Open Source Password Manager

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Post by dnfehren »

Since the company has been acquired what are the plans for the service? http://labs.mitro.co/ says that "The service will continue to operate as-is for the foreseeable future." but there is a lot of ambiguity in 'forseeable.'

While I really appreciate the value of having the client and server code open sourced I don't want to run my own server nor do I want to sign up for a service that, with the changes that will likely happen after the acquisition, could disappear without a lot of warning.

Can anyone clear this up? from Mitro, EFF?

Congrats and thanks!

Re: Mitro Releases a New Free and Open Source Password Manager

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Post by ipedrazas »

dnfehren wrote: post #16

Since the company has been acquired what are the plans for the service? http://labs.mitro.co/ says that "The service will continue to operate as-is for the foreseeable future." but there is a lot of ambiguity in 'forseeable.' While I really appreciate the value of having the client and server code open sourced I don't want to run my own server nor do I want to sign up for a service that, with the changes that will li…

I'm in the same boat here... What will happen?

Re: Mitro Releases a New Free and Open Source Password Manager

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Post by lobster_johnson »

jfchevrette wrote: post #19

I received this by email shortly after installing Mitro: "Congratulations on adding your first secret to Mitro" This makes me a little uncomfortable. How do they know? Why should they know? Edit: I could not find those words in the github repo.

Secrets are stored on Mitro's servers. Presumably -- hopefully -- the passwords themselves are encrypted. Edit: Ah, yes:

    Mitro is distinctive amongst free/open source password managers
    in that it's architected around cloud storage. For security,
    the online password databases are encrypted with client-side
    keys derived from your master password. For availability, they
    are mirrored across three cloud storage providers. With this
    design ... passwords can be synchronized across all of your
    computers and devices with minimal effort.
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