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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Alejandro86 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com October 16 news, according to the official website of the password manager Keepass, the password manager recently released version 2.55, mainly on the encryption key updated to improve password security.

It is reported that the Keepass update, mainly the database encryption key default algorithm changed to AES-KDF, known as "help to improve the security strategy, greatly increase the difficulty of brute force cracking."

When the ▲ source Keepass official website is upgraded to this version, Keepass will pop up a prompt to ask the user whether to change the algorithm, and the algorithm upgrade can be completed automatically after the user confirms it. If the user does not want to upgrade the algorithm and does not want to see the prompt, you can also turn off the prompt.

The main changes attached to CTOnews.com are as follows:

The new feature adds the "compare items" command (in the main menu "items" → "compare") to compare the two items selected in the main item list.

The "tag entries for comparison" and "compare with marked entries" commands (in the main menu "entry" → "compare") have been added; these two commands support comparing two entries stored in different databases (open in tabs).

The report dialog box can now be closed by pressing the Esc key.

Added the option "Show warning when key conversion settings are weak" (enabled by default in the tools → option → Security tab).

The options in the item / Group copy dialog box are now remembered.

The options in the HTML Export / print dialog box are now remembered.

In dialog boxes with the do not Show this dialog box option and multiple commands, the commands that are always used when enabling options are now mentioned in the dialog box.

The "more Information" link is added to the dialog box that appears when KeePass automatically disables items that need to be executed.

A {NEWPASSWORD:/#/P/ O /} placeholder has been added to generate a new password for the current entry using the specified mode P and option O.

Accessible names have been added for some controls (custom keystroke sequence editing controls in the automatic type item dialog box, filter editing controls in the report dialog box, some controls in the password generator dialog box; if the option optimize for screen readers is enabled).

Added "MasterKeyExpiryForce" configuration settings.

Enhanced the Google Chrome password CSV import module to support the new format.

Enhanced the mSecure CSV import module to support the new format.

The 1Password 1PUX import module has been enhanced to support new password fields / types.

The toolbar in the improved report dialog box is now a tab docking point.

Increased the default number of AES-KDF iterations.

Improved syntax highlighting of {CLIPBOARD-SET:...} placeholders in automatic type item editing dialog box.

The node mode of the configuration element "/ Configuration/ Meta / PreferUserConfiguration" now defaults to "None".

Improved INI loading performance.

Improved data size formatting.

Rename the value column / command in the History entry comparison dialog box from "A" / "B" to "1" / "2".

Improved process memory protection for historical entry comparison.

Improved process memory protection for "CryptoRandomStream" objects.

Thread safety of process memory protection is improved on Unix-like systems.

Now use Visual Studio 2022 to build the MSI file.

Various UI text improvements.

Various code optimizations.

Bug fixes search using XPath expressions that involve historical entries now always consider all historical entries.

KeePass no longer crashes when the plug-in attempts to upload files asynchronously to the server.

Referenc

KeePass 2.55 released

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