Newbie question - how to include the passphrase in the command
Wolfgang Bornath
wbo@mandrakesoft.com
Thu Jun 5 13:45:02 2003
** Ping Kam (Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2003 07:11)
>
> I am not hard coding them into the cmd file. They will be parameters
> in the cmd file.
>
> I am creating a Windows GUI interface which the operator enters the
> userid and password to logon, choose the files, the program then uses
> ShellExecute to execute the command file and pass the parameters.
>
> The user may choose more than one file. I don't want the user to
> re-enter the passphrase again for every file. Does this make sense?
Yes. Would be nice to add a time limit how long passphrase stays in
memory so that the passphrase will be wiped from memory even if user
forgets to logout.
> Can you answser now?
Sorry, but I already told that I can't. I just wanted to point out the
security issues.
wobo
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