Jens Hatlak wrote: > Roger Fink wrote: >> I just created a master password, the intention being to secure saved >> passwords behind a master password in the display in Preferences >> that shows the URL and user names. But I can't get a box to enter >> the master password to come up for this - two clicks and the >> passwords display, even after a Windows cold boot. > > A Master Password alone won't secure your login data. You need to > enable encryption for that (Edit > Preferences > Privacy & Security > > Passwords > Use encryption when storing sensitive data.). As far as > I know the > two functionalities are only separated because you always need a > Master Password if you use personal certificates (either for web > sites or mail encryption) while you're not required to encrypt login > data. Of course > it's always a good idea to do so. > > HTH > > Jens
If I encrypt it, is there any way I could temporarily "unencryt" it, so that I could I could view a password? I find myself looking up passwords stored in SM on the few occasions when I need to use IE6 to access a password (for instance I have difficulty using the Newegg checkout using SeaMonkey). _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
