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| − | * Private key | + | * Private key (&passphrase) |
| − | ** keep in memory with timeout | + | ** keep in memory with timeout when appropriate |
| − | ** make sure it doesn't hit swap, if possible | + | ** make sure it doesn't hit swap, if possible -- [https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/MEM06-C.+Ensure+that+sensitive+data+is+not+written+out+to+disk MEM06-C] |
| + | ** [https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/java/MSC31-J.+Never+hardcode+sensitive+information?rootCommentId=26345518 MSC31-J] never hardcode sensitive information | ||
| + | ** make sure it's not serializable | ||
| + | ** Securing Java, part [http://softwaredev.earthweb.com/java/article/0,,12082_741921,00.html 1], [http://softwaredev.earthweb.com/java/article/0,,12082_756601,00.html 2] and [http://www.developer.com/java/article.php/767971 3]. | ||
| + | * Human Interface Guidelines | ||
| + | ** [http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/ Gnome HIG] | ||
| + | ** [http://developer.apple.com/documentation/userexperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/ Apple HIG] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==TODO== | ||
| + | * passwords | ||
| + | ** try again when password fails, stop after a couple of times | ||
| + | ** show how many passwords remembered and add action to forget | ||
| + | ** separate ui from passwordcache, implement cli | ||
| + | ** warn properly when unsupported password on single PKCS#12 entries are found | ||
| + | ** [Mac] make sure password dialog is placed on top of the relevant window, not somewhere else | ||
| + | * html viewer | ||
| + | ** on enter, go to next form element, or submit if at the end (like JEditorpane) -- upstream | ||
| + | ** make printing margins work, document on wiki, notify mailing list | ||
| + | ** [bug] [Win] html form cannot receive input unless the focus is removed from a form element and given back | ||
| + | ** [bug] [Mac] explicitely set base url in jar or stylesheet cannot be found | ||
| + | * gui | ||
| + | ** Make default certificate bold and place on top of list | ||
| + | ** Import: if base64 encoding of cert/CSR is equal to another one ask whether to overwrite or ignore. | ||
| + | ** concurrency !! | ||
| + | ** [bug] selecting certificate in menu doesn't update certificatelist when an invalid certificate is present but it is not the last certificate | ||
| + | ** [bug] certificate list becomes empty after refresh when a certificate is removed from disk | ||
| + | * Naming of certificate directories should be related to certificate date, not import date | ||
| + | * give the possibility to re-upload a CSR (when no certificate present) | ||
| + | * for email links to RA/CA, add DN and modulus.first20 in body | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Future ideas== | ||
| + | * Make estimated guess for some request form fields | ||
| + | ** Organisation: ip-address, emailaddress (specify in organisations.conf); currently specified in jnlp/default properties | ||
| + | ** Name: from system user | ||
| + | ** Certification level: detect demo/tutorial from hostname/ip-range/systemname/... | ||
Latest revision as of 12:39, 29 March 2012
<sidebar>
- jGridstart
- JGridstart|Home
- JGridstart/Help|Help
- JGridstart/Support|Support
- jGridstart for ...
- JGridstart/Certificate_Authorities|Certificate Authorities
- JGridstart/Developers|Developers
</sidebar>some notes on JGridstart
- Private key (&passphrase)
- Human Interface Guidelines
TODO
- passwords
- try again when password fails, stop after a couple of times
- show how many passwords remembered and add action to forget
- separate ui from passwordcache, implement cli
- warn properly when unsupported password on single PKCS#12 entries are found
- [Mac] make sure password dialog is placed on top of the relevant window, not somewhere else
- html viewer
- on enter, go to next form element, or submit if at the end (like JEditorpane) -- upstream
- make printing margins work, document on wiki, notify mailing list
- [bug] [Win] html form cannot receive input unless the focus is removed from a form element and given back
- [bug] [Mac] explicitely set base url in jar or stylesheet cannot be found
- gui
- Make default certificate bold and place on top of list
- Import: if base64 encoding of cert/CSR is equal to another one ask whether to overwrite or ignore.
- concurrency !!
- [bug] selecting certificate in menu doesn't update certificatelist when an invalid certificate is present but it is not the last certificate
- [bug] certificate list becomes empty after refresh when a certificate is removed from disk
- Naming of certificate directories should be related to certificate date, not import date
- give the possibility to re-upload a CSR (when no certificate present)
- for email links to RA/CA, add DN and modulus.first20 in body
Future ideas
- Make estimated guess for some request form fields
- Organisation: ip-address, emailaddress (specify in organisations.conf); currently specified in jnlp/default properties
- Name: from system user
- Certification level: detect demo/tutorial from hostname/ip-range/systemname/...
