Re: [Fed-Talk] bug in SmartCard implementation
Re: [Fed-Talk] bug in SmartCard implementation
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] bug in SmartCard implementation
- From: Richard Murphy <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:03:32 -0700
On Sep 26, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Boyd Fletcher wrote:
so rebuild the cache in initial use after each reboot. problem solved.
I believe there is another reason, besides performance, for the
cache. It might have to do with being able to recognize that a
particular smart card is needed for a transaction and being able to
prompt for "that one". In which case wiping the cache on boot makes
interactions worse. I'll ask my engineer that works on that about the
cache when he's back next week.
requiring root to have to clean up the cache files certainly is not
an acceptable solution – especially for an operating system that
prides itself on usability.
One could make the same argument about any number of files, if we
intended them to be user modifiable at all. We don't expect 99
percent of our customer base to even know about the possibility of
Smart Card caches. We didn't foretell the DoD re-issuing CACs as
frequently as they have. You guys are a fun user base to try to keep
up with sometimes.
- murf
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