Not Exposing URL to 3rd Party Autofill Service (Strongbox)

ForumNinja404

I’d contact Strongbox and see if they can get the extension working on Orion if possible. The developer is very responsive.

Vlad

defacto Yes to our knowledge we can not pass the URL to it, I'll let @dino confirm.

dino

Vlad Yes, we can't expose current URL to system autofill extensions, as we don't have access to those extensions due to macOS's policies. Only internal apps are allowed to have access to those autofill extensions.

defacto

Thanks for the clear explanation!

flyx

Just tested this. Official StrongBox extension does not work, tried both Firefox and Chrome extension. The extensions work in their designated browsers so this looks like Orion missing some APIs required for the extension. The extensions say that they cannot connect to StrongBox even though it's running.

flyx

Tested this again with current build. Strongbox Firefox extension is working now and can connect to Strongbox.

handyandy

Just tried installing the Firefox Strongbox extension (v. 1.2.3) in Orion Version 0.99.128.2.1-beta (WebKit 619.1.11.111.2) and it connects to Strongbox but doesn't find any entries at all, neither with domain matching or search. Creating a new entry in the database gives an error, but actually works and shows up in Strongbox.

Not sure if this is a problem on Orion's or Strongbox' end. Here's some screenshots:

gustav-genuesslich

It works if the Domain of the website matches the URL in the password entry

It works if the Domain of the website is stored in an attribute - e.g. URL1 - DO NOT USE KPA2_URL - See https://strongbox.reamaze.com/kb/autofill/add-multiple-urls-to-an-entry for more information about adding another URL to a password entry

howdytom

The current Autofill behaviour keeps me from switching to Orion. Password integration is essential to me. I am sorry to say, the Strongbox Autofill and URL detection is so much more reliable in Safari and Chromium. Whereas in Orion you have to adjust the URLs constantly and switch between Strongbox 3rd Party extension and the native macOS implementation.

sarno

Not technically on-topic, perhaps - but if you’re using Strongbox you may wish to review that decision.

howdytom

sarno Thanks for sharing. My last post isn't limited to Strongbox.

sarno

howdytom I hadn't responded to you in particular; it was just a post in the thread. 🙂