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Password Manager: Password Manager on a device with an external database

Translated title

Password Manager

Author

Term

4. term

Publication year

2016

Submitted on

Pages

51

Abstract

Mange mennesker bruger adgangskodeadministratorer, som Dashlane, 1Password og LastPass, til at gemme og udfylde adgangskoder. De fleste er webbaserede (kører i browseren eller bygger på onlinetjenester), hvilket kan gøre dem sårbare over for webrelaterede angreb. For at mindske denne risiko præsenterer vi et design for en ikke-webbaseret adgangskodeadministrator. Først forklarer vi, hvorfor vi valgte denne tilgang, og hvilke overvejelser der ligger bag. Derefter beskriver vi systemets design og viser, hvordan det er implementeret.

Many people use password managers, such as Dashlane, 1Password, and LastPass, to store and fill in their passwords. Most are web-based (run in the browser or rely on online services), which can expose them to web-related attacks. To reduce this risk, we present a design for a password manager that is not web-based. The first part explains why we chose this approach and the considerations behind it. The final part describes the system's design and how we implemented it.

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