On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, right now, we do ask a password if users want to encrypt the
> client-layer or whatever that is we encrypt. So, the idea was to allow
> that on a per-identity basis. If it's not possible/too complicated/not
> useful, then yes, we can just go with the current master password, and
> identities without any password.


I'm just not sure I see a concrete benefit to encrypting per-identity, and I
see a lot of usability pit-falls.  We have enough usability problems to
worry about without creating new ones.

Also, is it not possible to have a
> system to backup passwords in-freenet? (of course, only if we agree
> identity-based encryption is a plus)


Well, there would need to be a separate recovery password, and then the
original password simply becomes redundant from a security point of view.

Ian.

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Ian Clarke
CEO, SenseArray
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