What is the advantage of using the built-in “Passwords for web connections” feature rather than a third-party password manager like KeePass, LastPass, 1Password, etc.?
v.4.3.5 for Mac / Writer OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
CONVERTED TO ANSWER, my guess: Doesn't being built-in already answer that ? The difference probly is password managers like those use an encryption scheme to protect the pws whereas LO might not encrypt them at all.
Doesn't being built-in already answer that ?
No, because one would normally want the passwords available outside of LibreOffice as well. That’s one reason I didn’t understand its purpose.
The difference probly is password managers like those use an encryption scheme to protect the pws whereas LO might not encrypt them at all.
If so that would be a reason not to use LibreOffice for that purpose.
Perhaps there’s more to it than that, but it seems odd to include a password manager “for web connections” in an office applications suite.
"If so that would be a reason not to use LibreOffice for that purpose." --- I don't want to judge if LibO can be used as a password manager or not. LibO is a full fledged office suit and is designed and continuously developed as an office suit. A utilization as a password manager would IMHO only be spin-off.
There's no point in encrypting the pws if you can easily decrypt them, especially with Open Source code. That's why FileZilla doesn't encrypt them.
Just a thought about security, triggered by @rautamiekka 's comment. There is never a 100% security. With a lot of money security can be increased but will always be below 100%. FilleZilla understands this.
Would it even work in practise to use external with LO ?
Asked: 2014-12-31 22:01:14 +0100
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@rautamiekka - Why don't you make your good answer an answer?
@ROSt52: I just threw a guess. Without checking the source code I can't make anything better.
@rautamiekka - a guess is also an answer! I very often see answers just as a comments. It would be better to make answers real answers at least in MHO.