Closed
Bug 352993
Opened 18 years ago
Closed 18 years ago
Section about preparing good password in SeaMonkey help
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: Help Documentation, defect)
SeaMonkey
Help Documentation
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
FIXED
People
(Reporter: lemiel, Assigned: prometeo.bugs)
Details
(Keywords: fixed-seamonkey1.1b)
Attachments
(2 files, 2 obsolete files)
7.05 KB,
patch
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prometeo.bugs
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review+
kairo
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approval-seamonkey1.1b+
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Details | Diff | Splinter Review |
3.46 KB,
patch
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iannbugzilla
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review+
iannbugzilla
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approval-seamonkey1.1b+
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Details | Diff | Splinter Review |
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; pl-PL; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060910 SeaMonkey/1.0.5 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; pl-PL; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060910 SeaMonkey/1.0.5 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 Not from CVS, from SeaMonkey 1.1 zip version: --- using_priv_help.xhtml 2006-01-24 11:11:26.000000000 +0100 +++ using_priv_help.xhtml 2006-09-16 21:10:14.000000000 +0200 @@ -1382,24 +1382,25 @@ <div class="contentsBox">In this section: <ul> <li><a href="#turning_encryption_on_and_off">Turning Encryption On and Off</a></li> <li><a href="#setting_a_master_password">Setting a Master Password</a></li> <li><a href="#changing_your_master_password">Changing Your Master Password</a></li> <li><a href="#logging_out_of_your_master_password">Logging Out of Your Master Password</a></li> <li><a href="#what_to_do_if_you_forget_your_master_password">What to Do If You Forget Your Master Password</a></li> + <li><a href="#choosing_a_good_password">Choosing a Good Passwords</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="turning_encryption_on_and_off">Turning Encryption On and Off</h2> <p>To turn on encryption for your stored sensitive information:</p> <ol> <li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li> <li>Under the Privacy & Security category, click Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand @@ -1437,53 +1438,50 @@ <span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li> <li>Under the Privacy & Security category, click Master Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)</li> <li>In the Change Master Password section, click Change Password... to open the Change Master Password dialog box.</li> <li>Enter your desired master password, and retype it to confirm the spelling.</li> <li>Click OK.</li> </ol> <p>Make sure your new password is difficult to guess. For some suggestions on - how to improve password security, see the online document - <a href="http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/security/tips_password.jsp">Choosing - a Good Password</a>.</p> + how to improve password security, see + <a href="#choosing_a_good_password">Choosing a Good Passwords</a>.</p> <p>[<a href="#encrypting_stored_sensitive_information">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p> <h2 id="changing_your_master_password">Changing Your Master Password</h2> <p>To change your master password:</p> <ol> <li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li> <li>Under the Privacy & Security category, click Master Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)</li> <li>In the Change Master Password section, click Change Password... to open the Change Master Password dialog box.</li> <li>Enter your current master password.</li> <li>Enter your new master password, and retype it to confirm the spelling.</li> <li>Click OK.</li> </ol> <p>Make sure your new password is difficult to guess. For some guidelines, see - the online document - <a href="http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/security/tips_password.jsp">Choosing - a Good Password</a>.</p> + <a href="#choosing_a_good_password">Choosing a Good Passwords</a>.</p> <p>[<a href="#encrypting_stored_sensitive_information">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p> <h2 id="logging_out_of_your_master_password">Logging Out of Your Master Password</h2> <p>Normally, you are asked for your master password once during each &brandShortName; session during which you access any of your stored sensitive information.</p> <p>It's also possible to require that your master password be requested @@ -1533,24 +1531,62 @@ <ol> <li>Open the <span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span> <span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li> <li>Under the Privacy & Security category, click Master Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)</li> <li>Click Reset Master Password.</li> <li>In the Reset Master Password dialog box, click Reset.</li> </ol> <p>[<a href="#encrypting_stored_sensitive_information">Return to beginning of section</a>]</p> +<h2 id="choosing_a_good_password">Choosing a Good Passwords</h2> + +<p>Based on Netscape website <a + href="http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/security/tips_password.jsp">Choosing + Passwords</a>.</p> + +<p>Don't Use:</p> + +<ul> + <li>Any part of your name - first, last, or middle</li> + <li>Your initials</li> + <li>Your social security number</li> + <li>Names of friends, family, or pets</li> + <li>Birthdays</li> + <li>Phone numbers or addresses</li> + <li>Any other personal information that could be guessed</li> + <li>Place names</li> + <li>Words from the English dictionary</li> + <li>Words from a foreign dictionary</li> + <li>Your username or login name</li> + <li>Your computer's name</li> + <li>Repetition of the same letter</li> + <li>Sequences of keyboard keys, such as "12345" or "qwerty"</li> + <li>Any minor variation of the above, such as spelling backwards or appending a character to the end of your name</li> +</ul> + +<p>Do Use:</p> + +<ul> + <li>Special characters (*!$+) mixed with letters and numbers</li> + <li>Mixed upper- and lower-case letters - putting capitals in random locations throughout a password is effective</li> + <li>Punctuation characters mixed with letters and numbers</li> + <li>Nonsense words that are easy to pronounce but aren't in any dictionary</li> + <li>Six or more characters</li> +</ul> + +<p>[<a href="#encrypting_stored_sensitive_information">Return to beginning of + section</a>]</p> <h1 id="managing_images">Managing Images</h1> <p>If you wish, you can choose not to download any images when you browse the web. This greatly restricts what you can view online, but may be helpful if you have a slow connection and wish to shorten the time it takes web pages to load.</p> <p>You can also control how frequently animated images repeat their animation, or turn off animation completely.</p> <p>The next section describes how to control these image settings. The default Reproducible: Always Do not know if it could be just as it is.
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Comment 1•18 years ago
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Updated•18 years ago
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Attachment #241310 -
Flags: review?(iann_bugzilla)
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Updated•18 years ago
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Flags: blocking-seamonkey1.1b?
Comment on attachment 241310 [details] [diff] [review] More complete approach, including changes to toc, index1 and other links >Index: extensions/help/resources/locale/en-US/passwords_help.xhtml >=================================================================== >@@ -418,6 +417,54 @@ > the master password for a smart card (assuming that you remember it), but you > cannot reset it.</p> > >+<h2 id="choosing_a_good_password">Choosing a Good Password</h2> >+ >+<p>Choosing a good password will help in keeping your personal information >+ safe and private. To improve the security of your password, follow some >+ or all of these suggestions:</p> >+ >+<ul> >+ <li>Special and punctuation characters (*!$+) mixed with letters and >+ numbers</li> >+ <li>Mixed upper- and lower-case letters - putting capitals in random I'm not happy with "upper-" should be either "upper-case" or "upper". >+ locations throughout a password is effective</li> >+ <li>Nonsense words that aren't found in dictionaries but are easy to Do we use ' now? (and in other places) >+ pronounce</li> >+ <li>Eight or more characters</li> >+</ul> >+ >+<p>You should avoid personal informations that could be guessed. So the Remove the s: informations -> information >+ following common items should be avoided:</p> Only need to patch /suite on trunk I think now. r=me with those fixed.
Attachment #241310 -
Flags: review?(iann_bugzilla) → review+
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Comment 3•18 years ago
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Can someone please check this in?
Attachment #241310 -
Attachment is obsolete: true
Attachment #242186 -
Flags: review+
Comment 4•18 years ago
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Comment on attachment 242186 [details] [diff] [review] Updated patch, with fixed review comments (Checked into trunk & 1.8.1 branch) I assume you want this for 1.1b since you've asked for blocking... ;-)
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Flags: approval-seamonkey1.1b?
Comment 5•18 years ago
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Comment on attachment 242186 [details] [diff] [review] Updated patch, with fixed review comments (Checked into trunk & 1.8.1 branch) thanks a=me for 1.1b
Attachment #242186 -
Flags: approval-seamonkey1.1b? → approval-seamonkey1.1b+
Updated•18 years ago
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Assignee: neil → giacomo.magnini
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Whiteboard: [checkin needed]
Comment on attachment 242186 [details] [diff] [review] Updated patch, with fixed review comments (Checked into trunk & 1.8.1 branch) Checking in (trunk) certs_help.xhtml; new revision: 1.49; previous revision: 1.48 help-index1.rdf; new revision: 1.55; previous revision: 1.54 passwords_help.xhtml; new revision: 1.44; previous revision: 1.43 using_priv_help.xhtml; new revision: 1.62; previous revision: 1.61 done Checking in (1.8.1 branch) certs_help.xhtml; new revision: 1.45.8.3; previous revision: 1.45.8.2 help-index1.rdf; new revision: 1.44.8.9; previous revision: 1.44.8.8 passwords_help.xhtml; new revision: 1.40.8.3; previous revision: 1.40.8.2 using_priv_help.xhtml; new revision: 1.56.6.5; previous revision: 1.56.6.4 done
Attachment #242186 -
Attachment description: Updated patch, with fixed review comments → Updated patch, with fixed review comments (Checked into trunk & 1.8.1 branch)
Do we need any changes to suite-toc.rdf / help-toc.rdf?
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Keywords: fixed-seamonkey1.1b,
fixed1.8.1
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Whiteboard: [checkin needed]
Updated•18 years ago
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Flags: blocking-seamonkey1.1b?
Comment 8•18 years ago
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(In reply to comment #7) > Do we need any changes to suite-toc.rdf / help-toc.rdf? > Hmm, it looks like the patch in bug 273619 added "Choosing a Good Password" to the toc files.
Comment 9•18 years ago
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Comment on attachment 242186 [details] [diff] [review] Updated patch, with fixed review comments (Checked into trunk & 1.8.1 branch) + <li>Mixed upper and lower-case letters - putting capitals in random + locations throughout a password is effective</li> Nit: should be — instead of "-".
Comment 10•18 years ago
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Attachment #242352 -
Flags: review?(iann_bugzilla)
Comment 11•18 years ago
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There should be periods after each sentence in the lists (we have that elsewhere) ;-)
Attachment #242352 -
Attachment is obsolete: true
Attachment #242355 -
Flags: review?(iann_bugzilla)
Attachment #242352 -
Flags: review?(iann_bugzilla)
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Comment 12•18 years ago
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(In reply to comment #11) > There should be periods after each sentence in the lists (we have that > elsewhere) ;-) Thanks for catching those, Stefan.
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Comment 13•18 years ago
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(In reply to comment #9) > Nit: should be — instead of "-". But is — without spaces before and after — Is it correct? I am not sure about typography in english. + <li>Mixed upper and lower-case letters—putting capitals in random or + <li>Mixed upper and lower-case letters — putting capitals in random
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Comment 14•18 years ago
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(In reply to comment #13) > + <li>Mixed upper and lower-case letters—putting capitals in random This is what we use elsewhere, IIRC.
Comment 15•18 years ago
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(In reply to comment #14) > (In reply to comment #13) > > + <li>Mixed upper and lower-case letters—putting capitals in random > This is what we use elsewhere, IIRC. Yes, we already have it in the file (somewhere above the part Giacomo added).
Attachment #242355 -
Flags: review?(iann_bugzilla) → review+
Attachment #242355 -
Flags: approval-seamonkey1.1b+
Updated•18 years ago
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Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Whiteboard: [checkin needed] of attachment #242355 (trunk/1.8.1)
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Comment 16•18 years ago
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Removed the keywords fixed-seamonkey1.1b, fixed1.8.1 beacause the follow up patch has not been checked into trunk and branch, and without the keywords this should show up once again on radar...
Keywords: fixed-seamonkey1.1b,
fixed1.8.1
Comment 17•18 years ago
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This is now checked in on trunk/branch by Mark Banner (thanks!)
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago → 18 years ago
Keywords: fixed-seamonkey1.1b
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Whiteboard: [checkin needed] of attachment #242355 (trunk/1.8.1)
Updated•18 years ago
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Attachment #242355 -
Attachment description: More nits... → More nits...(Checked into trunk & 1.8.1 branch)
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