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authorJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2021-02-05 02:32:00 +0100
committerJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2021-02-05 02:44:05 +0100
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Better fix to insecure password check (fixes #501)
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Fixes #499.
* By default, give an error if a user attempts to encrypt a file
- with an empty owner password or an owner password that is the same
- as the user password. Such files are insecure. Most viewers either
- won't open such files or will not enforce security settings. To
- allow explicit creation of files like this, pass the new
- --allow-insecure option. Fixes #501.
+ with a 256-bit key, a non-empty user password, and an empty owner
+ password. Such files are insecure since they can be opened with no
+ password. To allow explicit creation of files like this, pass the
+ new --allow-insecure option. Thanks to github user RobK88 for a
+ detailed analysis and for reporting this issue. Fixes #501.
2021-02-02 Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>