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Support Notes

  • Apr 2023

    Enhanced Encryption for SamuraiSafe

    As hardware has become faster, the cost of a brute-force attack on an encrypted safe has fallen. To counter this risk, SamuraiSafe now:

    • ensures your safe password is strong (by setting a minimum standard for safe passwords),
    • can use a stronger algorithm to generate the encryption key:
      • PBKDF2 runs 50 times more iterations1,
      • a safe specific salt is added (further complicating decryption).

    Enhanced encryption is a new option in SamuraiSafe settings. Currently the default is off.

    1. iPhone 6s: ~224ms, iPhone 14: ~58ms. ↩

  • Apr 2023

    Safari 16.4 raises exception when using Password AutoFill on macOS 13.3 Ventura (M1)

    Safari 16.4 is raising an exception dialog when a proposed auto fill credential is selected. Seen on macOS 13.3 Ventura on M1 mac. Now resolved in macOS 13.4 Ventura on M1 mac.

  • Oct 2021

    Password AutoFill for SamuraiSafe on macOS

    Password AutoFill (macOS 11.0 Big Sur or later) allows easy login using SamuraiSafe credentials to websites using Safari or other apps that support Password AutoFill. It is particularly convenient using TouchID on supported hardware.

  • Oct 2020

    Password AutoFill for SamuraiSafe on iOS

    Password AutoFill allows easy login using SamuraiSafe credentials to websites using Safari, Chrome, Firefox or other apps that support AutoFill.

  • Jan 2019

    SamuraiSafe iCloud Troubleshooting

    iCloud usually ‘just works’, but occasionally there are circumstances when it doesn’t. Common issues seen are a failure to sync a safe, or a ’stuck’ (partly complete) sync. If this happens there are few things you can try which usually resolve the issue.

  • May 2018

    SamuraiSafe Password History and Safe Format Upgrades

    SamuraiSafe on iOS and macOS now supports password history (retaining previously saved passwords). When enabled, the limit specified in Preferences indicates the maximum number of previous passwords to be retained for an entry. You can also create a custom limit for a particular entry.

  • Nov 2016

    PasswordSafe to SamuraiSafe Migration Tool: CSV to XML

    SamuraiSafe for macOS directly imports XML format password files exported from either the Windows or Java versions of PasswordSafe. To assist in migration from other products, I provide a simple CSV to XML conversion program. It is an AWK script, which to run requires familiarity with the UNIX command line.