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Re: KeeWeb: Unofficial KeePass web and desktop client

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The reference implementation's domain is vulnerable to MITM attacks between KeeWeb and CloudFlare until they set their CloudFlare crypto settings to "strict" and get some real certificates of their own (e.g. Let's Encrypt). I submitted an issue here: https://github.com/antelle/keeweb/issues/111 Of course exploiting this would be very difficult, but it is possible to MITM the connection between the CloudFlare proxy an…

Update: The author has reasonably mitigated this vulnerability. This isn't much of an issue now.

Re: KeeWeb: Unofficial KeePass web and desktop client

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post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, it's not worse for your scenario. (That wasn't my assertion) However, this is an alternative to KeePass/KeePassX, so the typical behavior of KeePass users is to generate passwords with it, not reuse bad passwords. For example, I use KeePassX to generate strong passwords for long-term encrypted archives, and if I switched to this app, I wouldn't get the same security. I'm confused, though, should I say: "All right…

I use KeePass and I don't use it to generate passwords. It's a pain to open and close every time I need to login somewhere, especially if I'm on mobile. I use it for when I forget my passwords, and I honestly believe that is the common use case, but who knows?

I might as well throw in my 2¢

I use KeePass across a range of devices, including my phone and laptop. I keep the dictionary synced with Syncthing.

I use it regularly to generate new passwords for websites, refreshing old website passwords (hello Heartbleed!) and logging into existing accounts. I also lock down the security questions so they can't be guessed. I'm now logged out of most services by default, especially banking, and the dictionary auto-locks after a short time.

Once I accepted a small price of inconvenience in setup and use, it has a positive impact. Now I remember only one password and updates are kept in sync across all my stuff.

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