However, it is safer to store them – as well as secret TOTP keys in plain text – in the “Advanced” tab as a “String field”. If you have already used KeePass to manage classic 1FA accounts, you will be familiar with all the information up to this point.Īdditional recovery codes for two-factor authentication can also be entered in the “Comments” field via the clipboard. Afterwards, the user name and password are entered. The “Title”, such as “Google account is only used to identify the account. The first account is created via “Entry, Add entry …”. Now everything is ready for entering the 2FA credentials. The defaults of the database settings can be accepted in the following dialog with “OK”. After confirming the following message with “OK”, the user selects the file name and location of the encrypted database and then the main password for opening and decrypting. To create a new password database, simply click on “File, New …” after the restart. After restarting the program, KeePass is ready for use. Finally, the change to the German user interface is done via “View, Change Language …” with a click on the option “German (Deutsch)”. The question “Enable automatic update check?” is confirmed with “Enable (recommend)” to activate the automatic check for KeePass updates. For the first start of the program, double-click on the program file “KeePass.exe”. The content of this ZIP archive is copied into the subfolder “Languages”. For a German user interface, the additional installation of the corresponding translation is recommended.
#TOTP AUTHENTICATOR ZIP FILE#
The KeePass installation is quick and easy: Simply create a new folder and unpack the ZIP file of the portable KeePass version. In this way, the program installation can be saved on one and the same storage medium, such as a USB stick, together with the back-up of the 2FA data, regardless of the device. A portable version of Kee Pass is recommended for backing up 2FA credentials.
#TOTP AUTHENTICATOR MAC OS X#
Corresponding ports for other platforms such as Linux, Android, Mac OS X or iPhone and iPad are also available on the website of the open source project. Version 2.x of this software is available for download free of charge for Windows. The most convenient and secure way to manage 2FA credentials is via a password manager like KeePass.
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