Duplicating keepass files instead of creating a new file

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Published on 2012-09-03T09:17:15Z Indexed on 2012/09/03 9:40 UTC
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I'm currently using KeePass 2 and syncing them via dropbox. I have a few KeePass files (one for websites, one to store software licenses, etc...)

Every time I need a new KeePass file, I just create a copy of the kbdx file, open it, remove all existing entries, change the key transformation rounds to another pseudo-random value.

I do not change the master password.

I want to know if this was unsafe practice, or was a security risk, compared to just creating a new KeePass file via the "File->New" menu.

The reason I don't use the menu: i'm lazy enough to not want to reconfigure "database settings" every time.

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