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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] KStringHandler::obscure
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-11-25 8:18:48
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On Monday 24 November 2003 20:46, Szombathelyi György wrote:
>
> Here's a patch for KStringHandler::obscure(). Current version in CVS
> doesn't work at all.

What do you mean by "doesn't work at all"

> My version also changes the algorithm somewhat, so 
> identical charaters will be encoded to different chars. I hope it's not a
> problem, since the function is new in 3.2.

The function is new in kdelibs, but the algorithm was used before. If you 
change it in a way that it can't correctly read what was written with the old 
algorithm many applications (e.g. KMail or KAddressBook) will loose their 
stored passwords. That's obviously not acceptable.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>
 
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