Comments on: KAuth article published http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/ Sebastian Kügler's web log Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sebas http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/comment-page-1/#comment-296 sebas Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:16:24 +0000 http://vizZzion.org/blog/?p=1486#comment-296 @ahox: well, a wallet with an empty password does pretty much exactly that, no? @ahox: well, a wallet with an empty password does pretty much exactly that, no?

]]> By: Ahox http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Ahox Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:20:22 +0000 http://vizZzion.org/blog/?p=1486#comment-295 And yet it would be nice if kwallet could (re)use the kdm authentication so the kwallet will be open when I log in. I don't really see how this is possible with the current infrastructure but it would be a nice thing to have (tm) And yet it would be nice if kwallet could (re)use the kdm authentication so the kwallet will be open when I log in. I don’t really see how this is possible with the current infrastructure but it would be a nice thing to have ™

]]> By: sebas http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/comment-page-1/#comment-293 sebas Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:48:53 +0000 http://vizZzion.org/blog/?p=1486#comment-293 Security and convenience are sometimes mutually exclusive, with kwallet, you can split those groups though. Security and convenience are sometimes mutually exclusive, with kwallet, you can split those groups though.

]]> By: mix http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/comment-page-1/#comment-292 mix Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:43:09 +0000 http://vizZzion.org/blog/?p=1486#comment-292 I use an external password manager (keepassx) as kwallet has not so many features for a password manager. I use kwallet just for kde apps which require a password, so all my email accounts managed by kmail, amarok because i use last.fm credentials, kopete with my accounts, choqok with my twitter one and so on..... (i think plasma too for rtm and some other plasmoid)... oh..and also some private rss feeds on akregator... you see that kwallet it's kinda important and has (sometimes) important data to manage (eg. company emails), in that case having a wallet with an empty password it'd be way better than have to write it every login, at least in this case passwords cannot be saw by anyone... with an empty password they would... :) I use an external password manager (keepassx) as kwallet has not so many features for a password manager. I use kwallet just for kde apps which require a password, so all my email accounts managed by kmail, amarok because i use last.fm credentials, kopete with my accounts, choqok with my twitter one and so on….. (i think plasma too for rtm and some other plasmoid)… oh..and also some private rss feeds on akregator… you see that kwallet it’s kinda important and has (sometimes) important data to manage (eg. company emails), in that case having a wallet with an empty password it’d be way better than have to write it every login, at least in this case passwords cannot be saw by anyone… with an empty password they would… :)

]]> By: sebas http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/comment-page-1/#comment-291 sebas Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:27:02 +0000 http://vizZzion.org/blog/?p=1486#comment-291 Is <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linux-community.de%2FInternal%2FArtikel%2FOnline-Artikel%2FZugriffskontrolle&sl=de&tl=it" rel="nofollow">this</a> any useful for you? :) Is this any useful for you? :)

]]> By: sebas http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/comment-page-1/#comment-290 sebas Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:25:24 +0000 http://vizZzion.org/blog/?p=1486#comment-290 KAuth and KWallet are entirely different things, and independant from each other. KWallet is used for caching passwords (for example login information for websites, the password to get on your wireless network, etc.), KAuth is used for secure authentication for system tasks, such as setting the system clock (i.e. things you often need root privileges for). If you want to get rid of the password dialog, find out what's requesting your password (knetworkmanager, maybe?) and make it use a wallet that has an empty password. You can use different wallets throughout KDE, so you probably don't have to expose all saved password that way. I agree it's something we can improve, though not sure how to do it in a safe way. KAuth and KWallet are entirely different things, and independant from each other. KWallet is used for caching passwords (for example login information for websites, the password to get on your wireless network, etc.),

KAuth is used for secure authentication for system tasks, such as setting the system clock (i.e. things you often need root privileges for).

If you want to get rid of the password dialog, find out what’s requesting your password (knetworkmanager, maybe?) and make it use a wallet that has an empty password. You can use different wallets throughout KDE, so you probably don’t have to expose all saved password that way. I agree it’s something we can improve, though not sure how to do it in a safe way.

]]> By: mix http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/comment-page-1/#comment-289 mix Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:37:10 +0000 http://vizZzion.org/blog/?p=1486#comment-289 I just saw the images (i don't read german :) ) One thing i hope it's been fixed in the 4.4 version is that after a login i've always to put also the kwallet password to open it..... it would be better to have it open (unless you go into the wallet to show the passwords, in that case it would require it) I just saw the images (i don’t read german :) )
One thing i hope it’s been fixed in the 4.4 version is that after a login i’ve always to put also the kwallet password to open it….. it would be better to have it open (unless you go into the wallet to show the passwords, in that case it would require it)

]]> By: Dario http://vizZzion.org/blog/2010/01/kauth-article-published/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Dario Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:34:16 +0000 http://vizZzion.org/blog/?p=1486#comment-288 Shame I don't! :D Shame I don’t! :D

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