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Bug 563288 - PKCS12 File Password field too short in GUI
PKCS12 File Password field too short in GUI
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Importers
2.22.x (obsolete)
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evolution Shell Maintainers Team
Evolution QA team
evolution[passwords]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-12-04 23:52 UTC by David James
Modified: 2012-12-11 08:54 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22



Description David James 2008-12-04 23:52:34 UTC
Please describe the problem:
I went to import my PKCS12 certificate from VeriSign. The password I entered when creating the certificate is longer than the GUI entry box allowed. Unable to use certificate because I can't import it. I could successfully import it into other applications.

Steps to reproduce:
1. create a PCKS12 security certificate with a password longer that the GUI field.
2. Edit->Preferences->Certificates->Your Certificates->Import
3. Navigate to PCKS12 file
4. Enter password for "NSS User Private Key and Certificate Services"
5. PKCS12 file password filed is too short. Key password. It stops after a certian number of characters. I did not count them.


Actual results:
Can't import security certificate. No error message, just returns to the Certificate dialog.

Expected results:
Certificate shows up in List box. If some error prevented importation a dialog box with an error message should be displayed.

Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:
Works in Thunderbird and Kontact.
Comment 1 Milan Crha 2012-12-11 08:54:51 UTC
Thanks for a bug report. I tried to reproduce with current git master, whichis basically the same as current stable (3.6.2)  and I was able to enter 92 letters as a password, verified with gdb. I guess the issue was somewhere between evolution and gtk, because even in gnome-2-22 branch the code which asks for a password doesn't set upper limit for password length.