Closed Bug 59377 Opened 24 years ago Closed 8 months ago

RFE-Secured storage

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Backend, enhancement, P5)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Backend
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: mikebabcock, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

The storage of local mail files (optionally) be encrypted.  The password used 
could be retrieved when the user chooses their profile at login, as they would 
do for an LDAP configuration retrieval.  In situations I administer, we cannot 
use Netscape/Mozilla Mail, even with IMAP, for even semi-sensitive E-mail 
because the messages are stored insecurely on shared drives once downloaded.

PS, ditto for cookies.
RFE
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: Secured storage → RFE-Secured storage
Reassigning to Browser:Single Signon. Maybe not the right component, but it's
related.
Product: MailNews → Browser
QA Contact: esther → junruh
Let's try that again...Bugzilla hiccuped...
Assignee: mstoltz → morse
Component: Security: General → Single Signon
QA Contact: junruh → tpreston
This is more of a mailnews issue.  Reassigning.
Assignee: morse → bienvenu
Component: Single Signon → Mail Database
Product: Browser → MailNews
QA Contact: tpreston → esther
It's not a mail database issue either.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Component: Mail Database → Mail Back End
Priority: P3 → P5
Why do I get the feeling I made it a back-end issue in the first place?
OS: Windows 98 → All
The reason a number of my clients continue to use Groupwise or Outlook is
because they allow the user to have their E-mail not be stored on the local
computer at all, and not accessible without a password.

At the very least, it should be an option to not store IMAP folders & messages
between sessions.  At best, IMAP folders should be 'cached' as they currently
are but protected (encrypted) by a password, should the user select that option
([x] Encrypt local E-mail storage, [x] Remember password).

Just wondering if anyone has put any thought into this at all .. ;-)
Product: MailNews → Core
I'm not planning on working on this, so assigning to nobody@mozilla.org

I am hoping to make the backend mail store plugable, and then someone could provide an encrytped store, if they wanted.
Assignee: bienvenu → nobody
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
QA Contact: esther → backend
Product: Core → MailNews Core
Severity: normal → S3

-> WONFIX in favor of OS file system encryption, or alternatively bug 1627962.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 months ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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