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C. Michael Pilato reassigned SVN-4145: -------------------------------------- Assignee: (was: C. Michael Pilato) > Master passphrase and encrypted credentials cache > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: SVN-4145 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-4145 > Project: Subversion > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: libsvn_subr > Affects Versions: 1.7.x > Reporter: C. Michael Pilato > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 1.10-consider > > > {noformat:nopanel=true} > Like all popular web browsers, Mozilla Firefox allows you to optionally cache > passwords used for site logins. Site credentials are cached on disk, and in > plaintext by default. However, Firefox allows you to optionally configure a > "Master Password". This password (or passphrase) is used to encrypt the > on-disk > cached site credentials, functioning effectively the same way that a keyring > provider and associated passphrase would work. Firefox will challenge the user > for the master password the first time it needs to consult its credentials > cache, and will leave the cache "unlocked" for the duration of the > application's > lifetime. > Subversion should be able to do something similar, allowing users to > optionally > employ a master passphrase which is used to encrypt and decrypt other > sensitive > information stored in its authentication credential cache(s). > See http://wiki.apache.org/subversion/MasterPassphrase for design thoughts. > {noformat} > http://wiki.apache.org/subversion/MasterPassphrase -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)