Re: [gnukeyring-discuss] KeyRing - Account name

[Jochen H. <jo...@gn...>]

> From: Antonio Fiol <fi...@w3...>
> Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 11:07:56 -0700
>
> Hello,
>
> I have at least an average of two accounts on each
> machine I store on the password list. So, on name, I write
> the machine name, on account, the account name
> (root/fiol/maybe others).
>
> It would be really practical if the account name appeared on
> the main list.
>
> I know it may be a security concern. I agree that it should
> not be shown by default, but would it be OK to show it when
> it is not locked?

This was not feasible because of the time it takes to decrypt a 
record.  When I change to openssl, which has a faster decryption 
routines, it may be possible.

> Also, sorting the list by name + account would be nice,
> though not so necessary.

This is even more problematic, as the sort routines would need the 
password to work.  Of course sorting is only necessary when changing 
an entry, so the password should be known at this moment.  But I'm 
not so sure if it is worth the trouble.

> Q: Is there a limit on the quantity of entries that can be
> stored? (I have at least about 50 planned entries for now,
> but will certainly be increasing as months pass by.)

The tested limit is 32000 records. Previous versions had a hardcoded 
limit of 2000 records, but I have removed it. It gets really slow 
with more than a few thousands records, but it should be fine with 
100 records.

  Jochen

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