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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Persistent password caching (.netrc and .kionetrc)
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-06-12 6:06:09
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On Tuesday 12 June 2001 01:35, Dawit Alemayehu wrote:

> Yes, this is something that is indeed necessary.  The config dialog could
> then give the end user the option to encrypt the password file much like
> mozilla does and even perhaps make that the default.  Perhaps this is

   Exactly my thinking...

> something that can even be used generically to enrypt files from konqueror
> in RMB ?

   That's already part of the plan... 

> Anyways, for now I will just go ahead and write up the format for
> .kioslaverc since it is not that different from .netrc with a somewhat more
> flexiable scheme and we can take it from there and enhance it as necessary.
>  Perhaps we will have the frame work working for 2.3 with some
> implementation examples :)

  Ok.  Perhaps can you make this a format compatible with KConfig so that 
KConfig could be extended later to do this for us?

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George Staikos

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