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Password-Vault

Secure CLI based password vault built using Python.

Features

  • No password is visible as plaintext, all passwords entered on the terminal are hidden
  • Retrieved password is not displayed anywhere, it is directly copied to the clipboard
  • Clipboard cleared after every use to avoid password leakage
  • Follows Defence-in-Depth and uses three levels of authentication before retrieving a password and two levels to enter or modify passwords
  • Passwords are stored into the database after encrypting it twice, first with a random session key and second with a master key inputted by user, 128 bit AES encryption used
  • Reminder at login to change passwords that are older than 60 days
  • Inbuilt password generator
  • App name can only be alphanumeric to avoid SQL injection

Steps to Execute

Initial Setup

  1. Clone the repo
    git clone https://github.com/QubitMatrix/Password-Vault.git
  2. Install the required packages
    cd Password-Vault/ && pip install -r requirements.txt
  3. Create a separate user and database in MySQL
    CREATE DATABASE databasename;
    CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY "password";
    GRANT ALL ON databasename.* TO 'username'@'localhost';

    Replace databasename, password and username as needed and replace it in the program as well

Hurray!! The initial setup is now complete and moving along further just a single line command is enough to add and manage your passwords!

Execution

Windows:
python vault.py
Unix:
python3 vault.py

A master key will be needed for all the passwords, retrieved passwords will be copied to the clipboard.

Ensure the values for databasename and username in the program is replaced as required.
Follow the instructions to ensure all the database connections are closed, don't use forced exit like CTRL+C, CTRL+Z, etc as it will leave the connections open and can lead to password leak.