Where would you recommend me to store a Keepass file?
Usually I have my personal documents in my cloud account - but i am not sure if this is safe. Would it be safe to use the cloud for this file?
But what can i do with the KeePass password file, there are several arguments to decide where to store it.
#In my humble opinion, if the passwords are really, really important to someone, one should make the decision based on:
The risk of the file being hacked - what can we do if we consider to get hacked
The risk of losing the file because of having a bad hdd - what do you do if you face disk errors. And sure thing -. there are more things to think
there may be more and other risks - which one do you take into consideration"?
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summary:** above all - some final considerations: well - i find it hard to tell you what is the best location. I personally think that it depends on several circumstances: What would you do - where do you store your keepass- password file!?
If the passwords are extremely sensitive, then the encrypted wallet containing the passwords should be stored on a removable device – such as a USB stick …
Agreed that something life threateningly critical should be stored on removable media (removed) and maybe even multiple copies in different geographical locations (following “Rule of 3” for backups).
But,
I doubt that applies to the average User.
You need to evaluate the sensitivity of the passwords in your file, and then apply appropriate security.
So,
For instance, for most people a fully compromised machine might mean “game over” for securing everything you own and store on your machine. If compromised, then everything is exposed unless you configured another layer of security on top of your default machine security.
In that case, I’d say you could probably consider storing a copy in a place and named in a non-identifying way protected only by your system’s highest security (eg root or system). Even if your machine was fully compromised, unless you leave hints around that your super-secret file exists in some location, it’d be difficult for the file to be located.
Otherwise,
If you don’t feel that your passwords are even that important, then you can adjust accordingly… especially if your file is routinely accessed by a Keepass application. In that case, secure it following guidance from the application’s vendor.