The Mozilla Foundation today a new edition of Lockbox. For those who do not know, is an extension that acts as a password manager for Firefox versions and replaces the embedded browser password when it is installed.
Το ίδρυμα Mozilla αποκαλεί το Lockbox ένα πείραμα για να "δοκιμάσει και να βελτιώσει τη διαχείριση κωδικών πρόσβασης αλλά και την ασφάλεια στο διαδίκτυο."
Το Lockbox θεωρείται ασφαλές, καθώς προσφέρει "νεότερη κρυπτογράφηση" σύμφωνα με το ίδρυμα Mozilla. Το Lockbox χρησιμοποιεί την κρυπτογράφηση AES256-GCM αλλά και το HMAC SHA-256" για να καταστρέφει τα αποθηκευμένα data για να μην μπορούν να αναζητηθούν".
Lockbox is currently available as an alpha version. This means that it has several limitations that you need to know before installing the extension.
Initially, there is no password-insertion feature from Firefox or other password management applications.
The extension still does not have a password export function, but synchronization between different Firefox installations is supported and Firefox Sync seems to work.
According to the above, you should not use the extension yet, as the alpha version makes it unsuitable for production environments.
If you do, however, install it, the first thing to do is log in to your Firefox account.
The extension displays three main functions: adding login information, opening all saved codes from the toolbar icon, and copy data from your Firefox account.
The functionality is quite limited at this time, but it seems like a good idea from the Mozilla Foundation.
The question still holds true:
