Personally I store all passphrases in my head encrypted with ECC. Makes typing 
it in a very long process as I mentally decrypt with the help of post-it notes 
each time I need to use them...

;-)

R.


On 5 Jul 2011, at 16:26, [email protected] wrote:

> 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.
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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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