155607 - Enter master password text changed

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, defect)

Description

[Mike]

Loading the mail app it used to say enter the master password ....., now it says
"enter the password for the software security device". Which is a bit vague.

Comment 1

[John Unruh]

cc cotter

Comment 2

[Stephane Saux]

Passwords are tied to security devices, such as:

  The software security device
    shipped with the product.  Contains keys for certificates you own, as well
as keys used to encrypt pwds for the pwd manager.

  Smart cards.
    Can be loaded by a user.  Contains keys for certificates you own, and could
(but do not at the moment) keep keys for the pwd manager.

  One gets prompted for the password for the key that is needed at the time of
the prompt. The key is in a device, and that's why the dialog refers to it.
  As an example, in exactly the same circumstances, the dialog says: "enter the
password for the ActivCard Gold". No "Master pwd" and no "SSD".

  Hope this helps.

Comment 3

[Sean Cotter]

Actually, elsewhere in the UI (such as the Change Master Password dialog) and
throughout Help, the password that unlocks any token (aka security device) is
known as that device's "master password." 

I think it's good to stick with this terminology, even though only the internal
token (software security device) is in fact "master" in the sense that it
controls other passwords you may have stored. If users set a "master password"
in one place and then are asked to enter a mere "password" in another place,
they may get confused.

Comment 4

[John Unruh]

Marking works for me.

Comment 5

[John Unruh]

V