Mitro
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Mitro is a password manager for individuals and teams that securely saves your logins, and allows users to log in and share access.
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| Type | Password manager |
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| License | GNU GPLv3 |
| Website | mitro |
History[edit]
Mitro was founded in 2012 by Vijay Pandurangan, Evan Jones, and Adam Hilss.
On July 31, 2014 the Mitro team announced that they will join Twitter, and at the same time, they release the source code for Mitro on GitHub as free software under GPL.[1][2]
Investors[edit]
Seed Funding[edit]
Mitro is backed by $1.2 million in seed funding from Google Ventures and Matrix Partners.[3]
Features[edit]
- Password generator
- Password sharing
- One-click login
- Two factor authentication
- Cross-platform and cross-browser compatibility
- Browser extensions: Chrome, Firefox, Safari
- Mobile solutions for Android and iOS
Security[edit]
Mitro uses Google's Keyczar on the server and Keyczar JS implementation on the browser.[4]
- Master key is a 128-bit AES key derived using PBKDF2 (SHA-1; 50000 iterations; 16 salt bytes)
- RSA with 2048-bit keys using OAEP-SHA1 (separate signing and encryption keys)
- AES with 128-bit keys in CBC mode with PKCS5 padding
- All encrypted data includes a MAC (HMAC-SHA1)
References[edit]
- ^ "Mitro is joining Twitter and is now open source". Mitro Labs. Jul 31, 2014.
- ^ Eckersley, Peter (Jul 31, 2014). "Mitro Releases a New Free & Open Source Password Manager". Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- ^ Cutler, Kim-Mai (Sep 5, 2013). "Get Your Friends, Co-Workers Out Of "Password Remembering Hell" With Matrix-Backed Mitro". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Why Mitro Is Secure: Security FAQs for Experts".
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