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List:       mozilla-crypto
Subject:    Re: master password prompt
From:       paxunix () acm ! org (paxunix)
Date:       2003-06-21 3:45:10
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paxunix@acm.org (paxunix) wrote in message news:<95a9ca70.0306191256.258233e0@posting.google.com>...

[ ... searching source, find which component ... ]

> I was hopeful that perhaps nsITokenPasswordDialogs, nsITokenDialogs,
> nsIPK11Token, or nsIPK11TokenDB might do what I want, but it doesn't
> look promising.

After much searching and debugging (long live Venkman) I found a
solution.  You can get the nsIPK11TokenDB interface and retrieve the
internal token (for the "Software Security Device") and now you can
verify a password string against the password for that token.

Wrap some prompt-service goodies around that and there you go.

Those looking for code can take a look at the attachment to bug
#78754, specifically at ConfirmShowPasswords().

Given the idl for nsITokenPasswordDialogs, it looks like I should have
been able to use it instead of having to set up my own prompt, but I
couldn't figure out what I was supposed to pass as the first parameter
to nsITokenPasswordDialogs.getPassword().

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paxunix

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