Ok. But you should not store the passphrase. It should be in your head :)
Enviado desde mi HTC ----- Reply message ----- De: "Rhys Smith" <[email protected]> Fecha: mar., jul. 5, 2011 17:17 Asunto: [abfab] First draft of Usability I-D submitted Para: <[email protected]> CC: <[email protected]> I guess protecting the identity selector/container with a passphrase is definitely a possibility someone implementing such a beast would consider, and therefore usability aspects should be discussed, so should probably be in the next draft. How such a passphrase would be stored securely would be, of course, implementation specific and out of scope for this doc I think... R. On 5 Jul 2011, at 15:43, [email protected] wrote: > Hi. > > Is the password or the identity container protected by some passphrase? I > suppose it is not stored in clear text. > > Regards, Gabi > > Enviado desde mi HTC > > ----- Reply message ----- > De: "Rhys Smith" <[email protected]> > Fecha: lun., jul. 4, 2011 20:07 > Asunto: [abfab] First draft of Usability I-D submitted > Para: <[email protected]> > > Hi all, > > I volunteered to pull together the document in the abfab charter around > usability of abfab technologies. I've just posted a -00 draft of the doc, > which can be found here: > > http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-smith-abfab-usability-ui-considerations-00.txt > > At the moment, it's pretty rough and ready and is more of a straw man around > structure and type of content than anything else. You can consider every > single paragraph as "todo". > > I've split the document up into what I see as the three main areas of > usability of a client that helps users perform abfab magic - managing > identities, managing service to identity mappings, and handling errors. Each > area definitely needs a lot more work. > > So please, all reviews and comments most welcome. Usability is one of those > particularly thorny areas that is hard to tie down, but will quite likely > make or break this technology when it comes to user acceptance, so I think > it's pretty important. > > I will definitely be harassing those of you who have expressed an interest > (or got shanghaied into being interested) over the coming month or so for > feedback and suggestions :-). > > Kind Regards, > Rhys. > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Rhys Smith e: [email protected] > Engineering Consultant: Identity & Access Management (GPG:0xDE2F024C) > Information Services, > Cardiff University, t: +44 (0) 29 2087 0126 > 39-41 Park Place, Cardiff, f: +44 (0) 29 2087 4285 > CF10 3BB, United Kingdom. m: +44 (0) 7968 087 821 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > abfab mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/abfab > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Rhys Smith e: [email protected] Engineering Consultant: Identity & Access Management (GPG:0xDE2F024C) Information Services, Cardiff University, t: +44 (0) 29 2087 0126 39-41 Park Place, Cardiff, f: +44 (0) 29 2087 4285 CF10 3BB, United Kingdom. m: +44 (0) 7968 087 821 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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