Yubikey and Keepass work like a charme on Linux – I prefer keepassXC on Linux and Windows to access my database and it works togehther with YubiKey out of the box using “challenge-response” authentication. No access to the database without the hardware ! A dedicated piece of hardware like the YubiKey together with a master-key (password) improves security a lot on your database. Many of us use password-managers to manage all our different (online)-Accounts with different credentials (and long different passwords) – but also most of us just use a password (master key) for these databases. Password manager & Authentication-Hardware ? Authentication-Hardware like YubiKeys provide more security on your keepass-database and work like a charme on Linux.
If someone gets access on your keepass-database and the password for it – bad luck. If you like this article please click on “helpful”, thank you.Password managers like Keepass(I pefer KeepassXC)/Lastpass offer a nice choice to manage all your “accounts” with different user/password strings and with very complex (and long) passwords. Link Multifactor Auth like a boss using YubiKey Part 1 It’s quite simple to secure your keepass database with a few steps of configuration. If you want to open keepass you require also your personal YubiKey.Īnother short touch and you’ve been successfully logged in. The new password with YubiKey Challenge-Response is setup. Now it’s time to change the Master Key in Keepass.Ī short touch does the magic and you’re done. Be careful you need this key later on, save it temporary! Now you should be able to see the addin.īy clicking on “generate” a secret key is generated. Keepass needs a reload so just close it and start again. Downloads are available on this link Īfter downloading and extracting the files and folders (2 DLLs and 2 Folders), it’s required to copy them directly into install path of keepass “ C:\Program Files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2″. Installing Keechallenge requires Version 2.X of keepass. Also you have to execute your YubiKey Manager “as admin”. How does it work? First you need another keepass addin ( KeeChallenge). Keepass and YubiKey can be combined and you can secure your local keepass database with multifactor authentification. Multifactor Auth like a boss using YubiKey Part 1
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