Re: PasswordSafe enhancement suggestion

Peter Hillier-Brook <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:55:06 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.passwordsafe.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Rony,

How did I miss that! Sorry to have wasted your time. Next time I will 
enable my eyes before invoking my fingers. :-)

Peter HB
ronys wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Thanks for writing.
> 
> If I understand you correctly, then recent versions of PasswordSafe have
> the feature you're describing. Just click on the "Override Policy" checkbox
> under the "Generate" button in the Add or Edit dialogs. This will invoke the
> Password Policy dialog for the current entry.
> 
> Is this what you were looking for? If not, can you explain in more detail?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   Rony
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Hillier-Brook [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: PasswordSafe enhancement suggestion
> 
> Hi Rony,
> 
> A problem I occasionally encounter is that some un-enlightened 
> organisations demand insecure passwords, namely upper and lower case 
> only, perhaps sometimes with digits.
> 
> It would be helpful if PasswordSafe were to permit a variation on the 
> password policy from within the Edit/Create password dialogue - 
> obviously on a per password basis only. Presently one has to back out of 
> the editing dialogue and change the entire policy via 
> Manage>Options>Password Policy and then restore it after creating a new 
> entry.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Best wishes.
> 
> Peter HB
> 
> 


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