Thank you very much for your answer, Nathan. This explains it very well for me. -IsmAvatar
On Mar 31, 12:46 pm, Nathan Ingersoll <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi IsmAvatar, > > You have basically answered your own question. :-) > > The default for many svn clients in the wild is to automatically cache > the password on your local disk. Your Google Account password is much > too valuable to expose in this manner. So while there is an > inconvenience for users with clients that do not automatically cache > the password, the risk it avoids in the other clients is worth it. > > As for why you cannot set it, for the reasons mentioned above, we > would prefer this password to be thought of in the same way as a > temporary password sent via email. It has a similar level of security > in that it is potentially accessible by third-parties as plain text. > Allowing users to set their own password is likely to encourage them > to divulge their Google Account or other high risk passwords. > > I hope that answers your questions. > Nathan > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:11 AM, IsmAvatar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've searched all over the place but could not find any explanation as > > to why Google Code requires you to use their generated password > > instead of your gmail password or any other user-defined password. I > > did find one post to this group earlier that asked if they could set > > their own password, and they received the reply: "No", which tells me > > nothing. He also stated "it's hard to remember the password" to which > > he received the reply "Then use svn's built in password caching" (and > > all I could think is "because that's totally secure</sarcasm>") Many > > other SVN repository hosting solutions allow you to set your own > > password. In fact, as far as I'm aware, it seems the global norm that > > password randomization is only for if you wish to lose your account > > without deleting in or having it compromised... > > > So all I ask is: Why? Why does our code password have to be generated? > > Why can't we just set it? > > > -IsmAvatar --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
