[Passwordsafe-devel] Time Fields

[Wolfgang K. <91...@gm...>]

Beg me pardon, but ...

I feel the urge to ask more about sense and usage of certain time 
fields. In particular this addresses "Password Modification Time" and 
"Last Access Time".

A)  "Password Modification Time"; what is its intended usage ? I didn't 
find any comments on it. Is it bound exclusively to the password itself 
or reflecting other changes as well?

B)  "Last Access Time". If it is meant to reflect the time of last 
password application,  I must say it is a fundamentally corrupted value 
and I would suggest to let it drop. It is corrupted because it is 
latently incorrect, and factually incorrect when the user applies a 
password without using the clipboard (or any other) mechanism, but 
applies the password by hand-typing. Relying e.g. a merge decission on a 
corrupted value seems inadequate. Is there any other need for a "Last 
Access Time" ? I don't see it.

The most reliable datum for record validation is still the record 
modification time, in my view. I don't see such a time field defined (if 
not A. stands for it).

- Wolfgang