Re: Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-27 Thread Tommy Trussell
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Tommy Trussell writes: > > > I know this goes beyond the measures you have described, but doesn't the > > zip compression library include support for a password? What if (when > using > > compressed xml) GnuCash included the password when co

Re: Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-27 Thread Derek Atkins
Tommy Trussell writes: > I know this goes beyond the measures you have described, but doesn't the > zip compression library include support for a password? What if (when using > compressed xml) GnuCash included the password when compressing and > uncompressing the file? We don't use 'zip', we us

Re: Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-26 Thread Tommy Trussell
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: > On Wednesday 26 June 2013 22:45:24 Christian Stimming wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 25. Juni 2013, 14:20:33 schrieb John Ralls: > > > I suppose that this isn't too harmful so long as it's clear that it > > > conveys a false sense of security and t

Re: Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-26 Thread Geert Janssens
On Wednesday 26 June 2013 22:45:24 Christian Stimming wrote: > Am Dienstag, 25. Juni 2013, 14:20:33 schrieb John Ralls: > > I suppose that this isn't too harmful so long as it's clear that it > > conveys a false sense of security and that simply having separate > > userids is a better solution. > >

Re: Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-26 Thread Christian Stimming
Am Dienstag, 25. Juni 2013, 14:20:33 schrieb John Ralls: > I suppose that this isn't too harmful so long as it's clear that it conveys > a false sense of security and that simply having separate userids is a > better solution. > > Note that the MySql and Postgresql backends do provide for authenti

Re: Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-26 Thread Derek Atkins
Geert Janssens writes: [snip] >> > What do you think? >> >> I think users shouldn't share userids. ;-) >> >> I suppose that this isn't too harmful so long as it's clear that it >> conveys a false sense of security and that simply having separate >> userids is a better solution. > I'm ok with th

Re: Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-26 Thread Geert Janssens
On Tuesday 25 June 2013 14:20:33 John Ralls wrote: > On Jun 25, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Christian Stimming > wrote: > > I'd like to discuss a possible implementation for the following > > feature request: > > > > Allow the database to be secured by way of a password (Bug 700803) > > http://gnucash.use

Re: Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-25 Thread John Ralls
On Jun 25, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Christian Stimming wrote: > I'd like to discuss a possible implementation for the following feature > request: > > Allow the database to be secured by way of a password (Bug 700803) > http://gnucash.uservoice.com/suggestions/1547269 > > The aim is not actual secu

Feature discussion: Access restriction for gnucash files by password

2013-06-25 Thread Christian Stimming
I'd like to discuss a possible implementation for the following feature request: Allow the database to be secured by way of a password (Bug 700803) http://gnucash.uservoice.com/suggestions/1547269 The aim is not actual security in the sense of encryption, but just to prevent casual access. As