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Password Manager Comparison Table[edit]

The following table compares the features and status of three password managers that were suggested to be included in Whonix ™. Data was acquired in March, 2014.

TODO: add keepassxc

KeePass KeePassX Figaro's Password Manager 2
Homepage http://keepass.info [archive] https://www.keepassx.org/ [archive] http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/ [archive]
Debian package http://packages.qa.debian.org/keepass2 [archive] http://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassx [archive] http://packages.qa.debian.org/fpm2 [archive]
Latest version 2.25 [1] 2.0 Alpha 5 [2] 0.79 [3]
Debian version (stable / testing) 2.19 / 2.25 [4] 0.4.3 [5] 0.79 [6]
Used in other security-focused distributions No [7] Tails [8] Liberte Linux [9]
Libraries Mono 2.6 [10] Qt 4.3 [11] GTK2 [12]
Popularity contest statistics (rounded) 1750 [13] 4300 [14] 250 [15]
Download archive size (rounded) 7400 kB [16] 1150 kB [17] 150 kB [18]
Additional disk space needed (rounded) 22100 kB [19] 3150 kB [20] 550 kB [21]
Size installed (rounded) 2150 k [22] 3100 k [23] 500 k [24]
Block ciphers AES [25] AES or Twofish [26] AES [27]
Key size 256 bits [28] 256 bits [29] 256 bits [30]
Hashing SHA-256 [31] SHA-256 [32] SHA-256 [33]
Key file support Yes [34] Yes [35] Yes [36]
Password generator Yes [37] Yes [38] Yes [39]
Various 0.4.3 is no longer maintained [40] No longer in Debian stretch.

Discussion[edit]

These are update notes on the password manager choices covered as of 2016:

Candidates:


Excluded options:

  • KeePass 2 use not recommended because of their hostile stance against user security. [41]
  • fpm2 was removed from Debian because its upstream development is dead.[42]

Forum Topic[edit]

https://forums.whonix.org/t/done-add-password-manager-by-default/189 [archive]

Status[edit]

fpm2 is installed by default.

Footnotes[edit]

Many thanks to Tails team for their discussion on the topic of password managers. [43]

  1. ↑ http://keepass.info/news/news_all.html [archive]
  2. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/news/ [archive]
  3. ↑ http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/changelog [archive]
  4. ↑ http://packages.qa.debian.org/keepass2 [archive]
  5. ↑ http://packages.qa.debian.org/keepassx [archive]
  6. ↑ http://packages.qa.debian.org/fpm2 [archive]
  7. ↑ To the best knowledge of the author
  8. ↑ https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/manage_passwords/index.en.html [archive]
  9. ↑ http://dee.su/liberte [archive]
  10. ↑ http://keepass.info/help/v2/setup.html#mono [archive]
  11. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/requirements/ [archive]
  12. ↑ http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/ [archive]
  13. ↑ http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=keepass2 [archive]
  14. ↑ http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=keepassx [archive]
  15. ↑ http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=fpm2 [archive]
  16. ↑ apt install keepass2
  17. ↑ apt install keepassx
  18. ↑ apt install fpm2
  19. ↑ apt install keepass2
  20. ↑ apt install keepassx
  21. ↑ apt install fpm2
  22. ↑ apt-cache show keepass2
  23. ↑ apt-cache show keepassx
  24. ↑ apt-cache show fpm2
  25. ↑ http://keepass.info/features.html [archive]
  26. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/ [archive]
  27. ↑ http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about [archive]
  28. ↑ http://keepass.info/features.html [archive]
  29. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/ [archive]
  30. ↑ http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about [archive]
  31. ↑ http://keepass.info/features.html [archive]
  32. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/ [archive]
  33. ↑ http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about [archive]
  34. ↑ http://keepass.info/features.html [archive]
  35. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/ [archive]
  36. ↑ http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about [archive]
  37. ↑ http://keepass.info/features.html [archive]
  38. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/features/ [archive]
  39. ↑ http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2/about [archive]
  40. ↑ https://www.keepassx.org/bug-reports/ [archive]
  41. ↑ KeePass 2's reaction to a MITM bug report against its Update Check: 8.2.2016 @ 15:45: Received response from Dominik Reichl: The vulnerability will not be fixed. The indirect costs of switching to HTTPS (like lost advertisement revenue) make it a inviable solution. [archive]
  42. ↑ https://forums.whonix.org/t/add-password-manager-by-default/189/21 [archive]
  43. ↑ https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5745 [archive]
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