AutoIT and 1Password

[alvaro_junior]

Hello everyone, I have a task to do at work and I'm a bit lost.

I've been asked to use AutoIt as a bridge between 1Password and the user. I'm in the company's infrastructure department, so we should have access to all the passwords related to network maintenance, etc. What we need is for one of our team members to perform maintenance on something for another department. When a password from 1Password is required, the password would be automatically collected by the 1Password CLI with a script, which would then be sent to AutoIt. AutoIt would then use the script to type the password and log in automatically. This way, the technician can use the credential without having direct access to the password. How can I do this?

[Jos]

I am not sure what kind of company you work for, but when security is important then you can be serious this company wants this actually. 

 

[Nine]

It is kind of strange that your company is asking someone to perform a task that he has absolutely no idea where to start to.  Makes me wonder if your superior is so incompetent that he did not realize he was giving you a job that you could not even described correctly.  

[Numeric1]

The question might be: is it possible to integrate AutoIt into a security application?

Everything is feasible, provided you clearly understand what you're doing and in what context you're doing it. Perhaps your issue is simply that you need AutoIt to automate field filling while ensuring maximum security.

[Nine]

The guy didn't find the time to read the replies of his thread.  Hope is not a method, but it sure is a base of resilience...

[Festerini]

11 hours ago, Numeric1 said:

The question might be: is it possible to integrate AutoIt into a security application?

Everything is feasible, provided you clearly understand what you're doing and in what context you're doing it. Perhaps your issue is simply that you need AutoIt to automate field filling while ensuring maximum security.

I think that is what he is trying to do, to restrict access to passwords by having then pasted into the logins automatically.  Not a beginners project though.

[Festerini]

13 hours ago, alvaro_junior said:

Hello everyone, I have a task to do at work and I'm a bit lost.

I've been asked to use AutoIt as a bridge between 1Password and the user. I'm in the company's infrastructure department, so we should have access to all the passwords related to network maintenance, etc. What we need is for one of our team members to perform maintenance on something for another department. When a password from 1Password is required, the password would be automatically collected by the 1Password CLI with a script, which would then be sent to AutoIt. AutoIt would then use the script to type the password and log in automatically. This way, the technician can use the credential without having direct access to the password. How can I do this?

That kind of project is not for the faint hearted. If you are new to Autoit, I'd give it a pass.  I have such an application but it is not for public use. Allows automatic connection to hardware VPNs, Servers, PCs, Devices etc.  Thousands of lines of code, built from small beginnings, with encryption, security, logging and monitoring. I was inspired to learn Autoit by a colleague 13+ years ago and have written hundreds of apps and services for MSP automation over that time. 

However I still consider myself a novice, as I don't know everything, and have to research. And I started with small programs.

Start with small apps. Read the help files, try the examples. Test, test, test. Read, read, read.

 

Good luck.