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Well, as it says in the subject line, it would be nice if you could lock dc++ att the tray, so when you want to open it, it asks for a password.
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I think you are looking too deep into it Twink, maybe Sasman only wants to prevent it from being opened by non techies.Twink wrote:the only problem is see with this idea is that if the user still has access to read settings.xml they can find the password out with no effort. unless someone feels like making a oneway hash or storing it in a different place....
Big mistake to hide the password to well, think of all the future whining when they forget the password.
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I wanted this feature before too, everyone doesn't have XP or want to have to log in/log out every time you leave the computer.. just want to minimize DC and prevent his little sister from messing with it.. It's a valid reason.. and I think you dismiss it way too fast.. like Gasman say.. we're not looking for any security here.. it's just the non-techies we want kept out.. it doesn't even have to be a password.. could be a key-combination or something like that too...
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the point was that his doesn't have to be "fully-assed"..
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I think, by definition, that a password prompt when you try to restore a window is by definition half/fully assed security. Especially since the password will be in DCPlusPlus.xml in plaintext (or in salted TTH form), and can easily be changed or removed.cyberal wrote:the point was that his doesn't have to be "fully-assed"..
Thus, I agree:
cologic wrote:Deceptively weak security is worse than none, as it encourages reliance upon a trivially circumvented measure, setting users up to be rudely surprised when it's 'broken'.