FellowTraveler/Open-Transactions — Issue #64: Password Caching
Author: FellowTraveler
Created: 2012-02-07 10:55:14+00:00
State: open

Now that the password callbacks are all functional, we need to start caching the Nym's passwords, and make it configurable on the settings panel.

Unfortunately we can't cache them in RAM, where they could be subject to swapping and other security risks. It's better to call a standard API for password caching such as ssh-agent: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/

So at some point (ANYONE WANT TO VOLUNTEER?) we need to integrate with this API for the purpose of password caching.

This will probably also solve server-operator concerns about how to input the server's passphrase, and how often....