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User pl changed the following:
What |Old value |New value
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Assigned to|pl |requirements
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Priority|P2 |P3
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------- Additional comments from [email protected] Mon Jan 24 10:19:43 +0000
2011 -------
A question for user experience.
Let me comment on your points:
1. the password should not be stored (clear text passwords should not be kept
anywhere longer then necessary), but it might be worthwile to store the
encryption keys in memory while the document is open. They are after all also in
the produced PDF. We would need to change the UI however so that the user gets
informed prominently that his PDF gets encrypted on the second export, even
though he did not enter a password. E.g. one migth show a "lock sign" in the
dialog on all tab pages to indicate the exported PDF gets encrypted.
2. "A file possibly in the public domain because the user assumed the Password
would still be set". Please, nothing is ever going to protect documents from
user error; if someone sends out sensitive documents without checking they are
actually encrypted, no amount of programming will protect against that.
Passwords should only be stored persistently if there is an actual benefit and I
don't quite see it here.
3. No, a password should not be displayed in clear text. Unless you absolutely
want to tell the password to the guy setting next to you in which case you can
easily tell him.
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