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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: IBM Applies for Password Manager Patent
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-11-12 20:53:19
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On Tuesday 11 November 2003 17:24, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 November 2003 12:30, George Staikos wrote:
> > them all again.  If all you want for your passwords is protection via you
> > login password, use a plain text file.
>
> i think you're missing at least part of the point: while you are speaking
> to this as primarily a security feature, many (would like to) perceive/
> experience it as a _convenience_ feature: not having to type information
> over and over into common web forms, not having to type in passwords for
> various services over and over.

   We have completion for forms other than passwords already.  Security is not 
an option in KDE.  Microsoft allows scripts to be executed in email you 
receive.  That's convenient.  It's also dumb.

> kwallet's remember-my-data and auto-fill-in feature set is as valid a
> reason as the security possibilities are for having it around.

   It's not worth storing generic data there, though it is possible.

> denying the convenience aspects just so we can force security policies upon
> our users that many don't want (e.g. because they are irrelevant for them)
> sounds like poor practice.

   It sounds like the opposite of Microsoft practices to me.

-- 
George Staikos
KDE Developer				http://www.kde.org/
Staikos Computing Services Inc.		http://www.staikos.net/

 
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