treasure_your_passwords

Use SSH private key to store your passwords locally and make them strong
version: 0.0.59 date: 2025-03-18 author: bestia.dev repository: GitHub

Hashtags: #maintained #ready-for-use #rustlang
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Create the SSH key and protect it with a passcode.

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f "vault_ssh_1" -C "vault for secret tokens"

Save the file ssh_private_key_bare_file_name.cfg with the content vault_ssh_1.
The program treasure will read this file to find the SSH private key in the ~/.ssh folder.

With one SSH private key, we can store many secret tokens.

treasure list
treasure store token_name
treasure show token_name
treasure delete token_name

I'd like to have a CLI where to input a humane easy to memorize password and convert it into a strong password.

treasure strong

Then sign it with a private key (this encryption is reversible using the public key).
Then hash it (this is a one way encryption, so nobody can come back to the first secret).
Finally, convert it into a string long 32 characters with ascii7 characters (lowercase, uppercase, numeric and special characters).
What makes this conversion secure is: only the user of the private key can convert the easy password into the same strong_password.

Strong passwords must use the clipboard. The risk is that it can stay in the clipboard and can be read from the clipboard.

Read the development details in a separate md file: DEVELOPMENT.md

Read the releases changelog in a separate md file: RELEASES.md

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