#1755 Open Recent - uncheck option remember

[Joe Howski]

Feature request

It would be very nice if Keepass had the ability not to remember open recent history. I am suggesting a checkbox in options to prevent the history of the file location. I have changed the name of the safe which goes a long way to obscure the file, but it remains in open recent history when the Keepass file is closed. So if I forgot to clear history a hacker could view my open recent by opening Keepass. If the open recent history was missing, finding a Keepass file in a computer would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack, near impossible, because the file could be put anywhere in the system and could masquerade as any file, eg, net20.dll among other dlls. I feel if somebody knew it was a Keypass file they would be more easily able to crack it with brute force. Having the file amount other files would make it even more difficulty

Another additional option would also be able to embed the functionality inside Keepass database signaling the main Keepass not to store history. I move from computer to computer via google drive and being able to hide the files automatically would be a really cool feature.

[Dominik Reichl]

KeePass already has such options.
- 'Tools' -> 'Options' -> tab 'Interface' -> set 'Remember recently used files' to 0.
- 'Tools' -> 'Options' -> tab 'Advanced' -> uncheck 'Remember and automatically open last used database on startup'.

However, I recommend to rely on a strong master key, not on a secret location of the database file. Trying to hide the database file is security by obscurity and will not work. Database files can be identified easily and furthermore it's very easy to find out which files you recently used (e.g. by observing the last access times, recently used files list of Windows, malware scanner logs, ...).

Best regards,
Dominik

[Joe Howski]

Thanks exactly what I was looking for.

Regards

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