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Re: Review of dont-* branch

From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.co.il>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 20:49:23 +0300 (IDT)

Stefan Sperling wrote on Thu, 1 May 2008 at 19:39 +0200:
> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 07:53:11PM +0300, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > Stefan Sperling wrote on Thu, 1 May 2008 at 17:28 +0200:
> > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 08:29:46PM +0300, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > > > > Index: subversion/libsvn_subr/simple_providers.c
> > > > > ===================================================================
> > > > > --- subversion/libsvn_subr/simple_providers.c (.../trunk) (revision 30801)
> > > > > +++ subversion/libsvn_subr/simple_providers.c (.../branches/dont-save-plaintext-passwords-by-default) (revision 30836)
> > > > > @@ -258,46 +272,117 @@ simple_save_creds_helper(svn_boolean_t *saved,
> > > > > + /* Don't store passwords in any form if the user has told
> > > > > + * us not to do so. */
> > > > > + if (! dont_store_passwords)
> > > > > {
> > > > > + svn_boolean_t may_save_password = FALSE;
> > > > >
> > > > > + /* If the password is going to be stored encrypted, go right
> > > > > + * ahead and store it to disk. Else determine whether saving
> > > > > + * in plaintext is OK. */
> > > > > + if (strcmp(passtype, SVN_AUTH__WINCRYPT_PASSWORD_TYPE) == 0
> > > > > + || strcmp(passtype, SVN_AUTH__KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD_TYPE) == 0)
> > > >
> > > > Do we want to hardcode which password types are encrypted?
> > >
> > > Well, what's the alternative?
> > >
> >
> > /me discovers that the PASSWORD_TYPE constants are private to simple_providers.c
> >
> > Document this? If someone adds a password type and greps for
> > SIMPLE_PASSWORD_TYPE (try this), they won't know that somewhere in the file
> > there is a list of "special" password types that SIMPLE isn't one of them...
>
> I'm not sure how exactly you want me to document this.
> Can you provide a patch?
>
>

Index: simple_providers.c
===================================================================
--- simple_providers.c (revision 30887)
+++ simple_providers.c (working copy)
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 #define SVN_AUTH__AUTHFILE_PASSWORD_KEY "password"
 #define SVN_AUTH__AUTHFILE_PASSTYPE_KEY "passtype"

+/* If you add a password type that stores the password on disk
+ * in encrypted form, remember to add it to the list in
+ * simple_save_creds_helper.
+ */
 #define SVN_AUTH__SIMPLE_PASSWORD_TYPE "simple"
 #define SVN_AUTH__WINCRYPT_PASSWORD_TYPE "wincrypt"
 #define SVN_AUTH__KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD_TYPE "keychain"

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