Yes, key difference between the two, Keepass is 100% offline. Wait? Bitwarden? the password manager? You just said you already have a password manager! You just cannot count on them for such a critical part of your digital security. I lost my phone in a Kayaking accident one time. Downloading shady files that you don't want to risk on the desktop. They are always dropped, getting rained on. I hate the idea of keeping 2FA tied to my phone. Organization features.Įverything a happy geek needs to manage 300 passwords (yes, I have that many) Now it's time for TOTP 2FA It also has extra features like one click to copy passwords. It creates an encrypted database file with all your passwords in it. They have a portable version that lives on the drive. The open source, cross platform, lightweight, password manager. Yes, you could just keep a plain text spreadsheet with all the passwords on the secure drive. It did nothing for passwords and TOTP 2FA keys. It solved how to securely store SSH keys, VPN clients, etc. That, however, only solved 1/3 of my problems. So, I found the only one on the market that natively supports Windows, Mac, & the lovely GNU/ Linux. Internet access is not always guaranteed for me, deploying network equipment you are often on a hotspot that is struggling to break 5Mbps. Also, there is the problem of needing internet to use them. It seems like that is less secure than just leaving them on my Desktop. Well, I have a thing about putting my credentials in a cloud service.
So, you scream, just use one of those online tools like Lastpass. On top of that I switch computers a lot, I need to be able to just plug something in on any OS and have all my credentials be there. Then of course we have hardware failure, natural disasters, etc. It goes without saying that keeping these things on your computer is dumb, you use your computer, it is on the digital high seas as I like to say. They are critical and if lost would require hours to be replaced if it was even possible.
For me it is simple, I have more passwords and keys than I probably should. So, let's start with why you want to have something like this. All that good stuff in some rugged secure place that is portable and can work with Mac, Windows, and GNU/ Linux. The goal was simple find a way to securely store all the keys, 2FA TOTP codes, crypto wallets, passwords, SSH keys. This has been a culmination of over 10 hours of research.
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