Re: Exporting file security question

Sharon Roushdy <[email protected]> Tue, 23 May 2006 13:52:00 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.passwordsafe.user
Organization University of Maryland
Message-ID <[email protected]>
To Robert and all who responded. Thank you all for your straight-forward 
suggestions. Very much appreciated.

Sincerely,
Sharon

Massey, Robert wrote:
> sroushdy,
> 
> You should be able to just copy the database file itself.  I do the same
> thing.  In fact, I frequently just e-mail the Password Safe database
> from work to home (or vice versa).
> 
> Robert
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Sharon Roushdy
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:24 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Passwordsafe-users] Exporting file security question
> 
> Hi:
> First of all I really love this program. Thanks!
> 
> What I would like to do is export my databases at work and import them 
> at home, so they will all be conveniently available.
> 
> However, when go to do the export, the dialog box includes the message,
> 
> "This operation will create an unprotected copy of ALL of the passwords 
> in the database. Deleting this copy after use is *NOT* sufficient. This 
> bypasses the security of the program."
> 
> If deleting the copy is not sufficient, why not, and what would be 
> sufficient?
> 
> Thanks, sroushdy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Sharon Roushdy
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