password keyring is positively hazardous
- From: 124655b5d049 sigaint org
- To: seahorse-list gnome org
- Subject: password keyring is positively hazardous
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 05:04:26 -0000
It is quite easy to accidently erase a password irrevocably when copying
it. This makes the app unacceptable, as it leads either to keeping
handwritten backup copies or to loss of valuable passwords.
To improve the situation:
Add an EXPORT context menu item to the password keyring menu. It
should bring up an output file selection dialog. The file should be
created using gpg --armor --symmetric, using the current passphrase of the
keyring as the symmetric key. Decrypting the file yields a human readable
list of names and passwords. Options on the file selection dialog could
be provided to specify other output formats and encryption options.
Add support for importing a password keyring to the FILE IMPORT menu item.
Change the password details dialog:
*COPY PASSWORD button copies old password field to clipboard
*HIDE PASSWORDS checkbox when unselected displays the contents of password
fields
*CURRENT PASSWORD field contains the existing password
*NEW PASSWORD field for entry of a changed password
*VERIFY field which must match the NEW PASSWORD
*SAVE button is enabled when NEW == VERIFY and NEW not null. It changes
the password in the keyring and dismisses the dialog.
*CANCEL button dismisses the dialog without any changes to the keyring.
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