[kwlug-disc] Heartbleed affected sites

unsolicited unsolicited at swiz.ca
Tue Apr 15 23:59:42 EDT 2014


ssh -X is X11 forwarding. Huh?

 > And even if autotype didn't work, I think every password manager has
 > an option to copy the password to the clipboard for manual
 > cut'n'paste. So you still get strong passwords without having to
 > remember them.

Across devices?

On 14-04-15 06:09 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
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> unsolicited wrote:
>> Use a password manager - what if there isn't one? e.g. SSH
>> signons?
>
> KeepassX autotype works just fine in an SSH terminal.  In fact, it
> really helps with complex login commands, like
>
>    ssh -X bjonkman at remote.example.com -p 2222 -R 22:localhost:10022 -L
> 10080:localhost:80
>
> which autotype and save me from having to remember it.  The only
> problem is that KeepassX 0.4.3 hasn't implemented the {DELAY=3}
> parameter in the autotype sequence, but that's apparently fixed in
> KeepassX v2.0
>
> And even if autotype didn't work, I think every password manager has
> an option to copy the password to the clipboard for manual
> cut'n'paste. So you still get strong passwords without having to
> remember them.





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