This was expressed by Randall Munroe on his xkcd 1200: Authorization: Your system files (which could be recovered by reinstalling) will be safe, but your photos and personal data won't. Even if it isn't able to run as root, a malware can do a lot of harm, for example a ransomware. However, running malware != running malware as root. Some people are very conscious and won't run as root anything not completely innocuous (or even they restrict themselves to their package manager), while others will do all kinds of stupid-to-harmful actions… as root (and should have no root privileges at all). How unlikely you are to accidentally a malware of coke depends a lot on the person. I would have thought that I would be unlikely to ‘accidentally’ execute malware as root under Linux? YMMV, as you may find that the benefit of running program X outweights the added risk of higher exposure.
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a ransomware that was developed for a windows target). This page makes the point that by installing wine or mono, as that allows you to run more programs (like windows ones), they make easier to run malware, too. I will try to provide a general answer to the things you mentioned: The mix of questions makes harder to reply, it would be preferable to ask different things as separate questions. Sorry for mix of questions… basically I am asking if, under Linux, KeepassXC would probably be safer to use compared to Keepass2? Is this correct? – I would have thought that I would be unlikely to ‘accidentally’ execute malware as root under Linux? in order to run Keepass2 (esp if also using the Keepass-Http connector) one needs Mono. Would anyone have any comments re the security of KeePassXC-Browser extension?Ģ. It doesn’t need Mono (if I understand correctly) and it uses KeePassXC-Browser (rather than KeepassHTTP) However, I have now tried using KeepassXC which has changed beyond recognition in the past few months. As long as your computer is not compromised, your passwords are fairly safe that way, but use it at your own risk!Īs of KeePassXC 2.3, we deprecated KeePassHTTP in favor of KeePassXC-Browser. )KeePassXC therefore strictly limits communication between itself and the browser plugin to your local computer. KeePassHTTP is not a highly secure protocol and has certain flaws which allow an attacker to decrypt your passwords if they manage to intercept communication between a KeePassHTTP server and KeePassHTTP-Connector over a network connection (see and.
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I have been using Keepass2 which is just such an amazing password manager HOWEVER That’s it, now you would be able to autofill passwords from KeePass in Microsoft Edge browser in Linux.I have been using Xubuntu for several years now this question is regarding password managers under Linux/Ubuntu.
If all goes well, you would be able to see a screen similar to the one shown below. In the above path, replace “ ar” with your user id and “ microsoft-edge-dev” with “ microsoft-edge-beta“, if you are using the beta version of the browser.Īs a next step, click the plugin icon in the browser and create a connection between the browser and KeePassXC application. In my machine ( Kubuntu), the path is “ /home/ar/.config/microsoft-edge-dev/NativeMessagingHosts/“.
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If you haven’t downloaded the plugin yet, you can download it from the Edge Add-Ons site Configuration Steps
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