Issue 83311 - Enter password dialog does not indicate minimum password length
Summary: Enter password dialog does not indicate minimum password length
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.3
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2007-11-05 02:11 UTC by aboba
Modified: 2022-08-24 19:25 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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version 2.3.0 vs 4.1.13 (634.42 KB, image/jpeg)
2022-08-24 19:25 UTC, Czesław Wolański
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Description aboba 2007-11-05 02:11:31 UTC
o Create a Writer document.
o select File|Save
o enter a file name
o check 'Save with password'
o click OK
...at this point user is prompted to enter a password, twice. Nowhere in the
dialog box does it indicate the password must be five characters or more. At
first my impression was the feature was broken then I discovered the password
length requirement by accident.

Requested change:
Modify dialog box to include label indicating minimum password length.

Preferred change:
Modify dialog box as above AND allow passwords as short as one character with
global setting so user may specify minimum password length.

Sure one character, or even five, doesn't make for a good password. However for
average end users I expect five is too many characters and deters them from
using the feature if they even figure out (because the dialog box doesn't
indicated minimum required characters) how to. For those that know better than
to use a short password they won't even if they're able to.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2007-11-05 10:33:00 UTC
Framework issue.
Comment 2 thorsten.martens 2007-11-05 12:18:44 UTC
reassigned issue to requirements
Comment 3 Mathias_Bauer 2007-11-06 20:12:23 UTC
Peter, please take over. I never understand why such understandable and easy
implementable RFEs are put into the dark oblivion called "requirements".
Comment 4 pb 2008-03-11 11:18:58 UTC
pb: set to 3.x because 3.0 is ui-freeze.
Comment 5 Mathias_Bauer 2009-05-07 13:36:43 UTC
Mikhail, please take over. We should discuss which option we would like to
implement.
Comment 6 Marcus 2017-05-20 10:48:11 UTC
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".
Comment 7 Czesław Wolański 2022-08-24 19:24:51 UTC
(In reply to aboba from comment #0)
> o Create a Writer document.
> o select File|Save
> o enter a file name
> o check 'Save with password'
> o click OK
> ...at this point user is prompted to enter a password, twice. Nowhere in the
> dialog box does it indicate the password must be five characters or more.
( First the version 2.3.0 )
Indeed. However, pressing the Help button (or the F1 key)
opens the Password topic with this entry:

"Password
 Type a password that is at least five characters long.
 A password is case sensitive".

On the other hand, the Help topic available when opening
a password-protected file is hardly relevant
("Help for OpenOffice.org Writer").


Now the version 4.1.13

There is no Help button in the "Set Password" dialog
(see Issue 122151 - Missing Help for "Set Password" dialog).
Pressing F1 leads to the topic "Welcome to the OpenOffice Writer Help".

The minimum password length is 1 character.

The Help topic available when opening a password-protected file,
called "Password", provides rules to follow.


> Requested change:
> Modify dialog box to include label indicating minimum password length.
In order to maintain the consistency of the package (incl. components),
such information would need to be present in all dialogues related
to the password...

 
> Preferred change:
> Modify dialog box as above AND allow passwords as short as one character with
> global setting so user may specify minimum password length.
The minimum password length of one character makes
the "Requested change" redundant. In this context,
I do not see much point in making the "Preferred change"
(global setting), given the time and resources available.
Comment 8 Czesław Wolański 2022-08-24 19:25:43 UTC
Created attachment 87147 [details]
version 2.3.0  vs  4.1.13