191628 - more specific explanation of security token in glossary help-file

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Documentation Graveyard :: Help Viewer, enhancement)

Description

[Gunnar Kaestle]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-AT; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030201
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-AT; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030201

old:

| security token. 
| See security device.

| token. 
| See security device.

proposed enhancement:

 security token.
 A security token (sometimes called an authentication token) is a small
 hardware device that the owner carries to authorize access to a network
 service. The device may be in the form of a smart card or may be embedded
 in a commonly used object such as a key fob. Unlike a password, a security
 token is a physical object.
 See security device.

 token. 
 See security token.




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Mozilla.
2. Open menu 'Help', item 'Help Contents'
3. Expand sidebar item 'Glossary'
4. scroll down to entry security token 
Actual Results:  
The term '(security) token' is referred to the explanation of 'security device'. 

Expected Results:  
The glossary should differentiate between the security token and the security
device.

Comment 1

[rudman]

-->cotter.

Comment 2

[Sean Cotter]

The proposed explanation is wrong. In the Mozilla/Netscape world, security token
= security device, and it doesn't necessarily have to be physical device (e.g.
the internal "software security device" also functions as a token).

Comment 3

[Gunnar Kaestle]

As you have seen, I was a little bit confused by the term 'security token'. 
If there is no difference in the Mozilla/Netscape world between 'security token'
and 'security device' but in other worlds, won't it a good idea to erase any
occurences of the security token and replace it by the security device?
-gka

Comment 4

[Sean Cotter]

Security token is the technical term that is still used by many developers. At
some point we decided that "security device" was a more meaningful term for
users. But it's important, especially for developers in the Mozilla world, to
make it clear that the two terms mean the same thing.

Comment 5

[Stefan [:stefanh]]

v