From: Alan E. <ala...@gm...> - 2013-10-24 20:06:46
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I should have added this to the users guide before releasing the FTP plugin. Apologies!* added * * * Passwords and passphrases are remembered while jEdit is running so you don't have to re-type them. Optionally, passwords can also be securely stored to disk, encrypted with a master password or a keyfile. *Plugin Options - FTP* allows you enable or disable this feature. If you want to use a keyfile instead of a master password, you can select this option, and choose the location to store the key file. You will be asked for a master password only once, it is hashed and saved at this location, and after that, your passwords are automatically loaded and saved without interaction. To force jEdit to forget all passwords while it is running, use the *Forget Remote Passwords* command in the *Plugins*>*FTP* menu. The FTP plugin uses strong encryption to save passwords, which means on some platforms, or in some regions, you will get InvalidKeyException with illegal key size, and therefore must install JCE Strong Encryption<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jce-7-download-432124.html>into your JRE for this to work. For more info, see this article<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6481627/java-security-illegal-key-size-or-default-parameters>. In a future version, we will add an option to let FTP plugin use weak crypto when strong crypto is unavailable. ** |
From: Mike M. <ma...@um...> - 2013-10-25 02:05:56
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On 10/24/2013 4:06 PM, Alan Ezust wrote: > ... > Optionally, passwords can also be securely stored to disk, > encrypted with a master password There seems to be a problem with this. I updated the ftp plugin, then re-started jEdit. I get a dlg box that asks me to supply a master password. I supply one, hit the OK button, then...nothing. Task Manager (this is Win7) shows that the jEdit process is running, but there is no jEdit application and jEdit never shows up. I tried this several times. I was able to get jEdit going again by killing the process (using Task Manager), and re-starting. When it asks for a master password, I click "cancel". It then puts up the old password dialog box, but without the password. I enter the ftp password (not the master password, of course) and hit enter. The master password dialog box comes up, and I hit cancel again; finally, jEdit comes up. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what the master password is that it's asking for. I presume, since I've never supplied a master password before, that it must be asking for a new password. What else could it be? -- Mike Maxwell ma...@um... "My definition of an interesting universe is one that has the capacity to study itself." --Stephen Eastmond |
From: Alan E. <ala...@gm...> - 2013-10-25 05:00:03
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If you have an old password file from before, it will ask you for a master password but no password will work. That old file needs to be deleted somehow. If you hit "cancel" when it asks you for the master password, then it won't try to load it anymore. Then after you enter your regular password, it will ask you for the master password again. At this point, you can pick a new password and it will clobber the old password file. If you cancel, it won't save anything. On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Mike Maxwell <ma...@um...>wrote: > On 10/24/2013 4:06 PM, Alan Ezust wrote: > >> ... >> >> Optionally, passwords can also be securely stored to disk, >> encrypted with a master password >> > > There seems to be a problem with this. I updated the ftp plugin, then > re-started jEdit. I get a dlg box that asks me to supply a master > password. I supply one, hit the OK button, then...nothing. Task Manager > (this is Win7) shows that the jEdit process is running, but there is no > jEdit application and jEdit never shows up. I tried this several times. > > I was able to get jEdit going again by killing the process (using Task > Manager), and re-starting. When it asks for a master password, I click > "cancel". It then puts up the old password dialog box, but without the > password. I enter the ftp password (not the master password, of course) > and hit enter. The master password dialog box comes up, and I hit cancel > again; finally, jEdit comes up. > > Maybe I'm misunderstanding what the master password is that it's asking > for. I presume, since I've never supplied a master password before, that > it must be asking for a new password. What else could it be? > -- > Mike Maxwell > ma...@um... > "My definition of an interesting universe is > one that has the capacity to study itself." > --Stephen Eastmond > |
From: Alan E. <ala...@gm...> - 2013-10-25 05:24:18
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1.0.5 is confusing because it prompts you the same way when it is going to save or load the password file. Try this version, which I am testing now, which has better messages to explain what is going on when you are asked for a master password. http://lazarus.oddiofile.com/jars/FTP.jar |