Bug 304829 - Make the password dialog for the private key more readable
Summary: Make the password dialog for the private key more readable
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: kmail2
Classification: Applications
Component: crypto (show other bugs)
Version: 4.9.0
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2012-08-08 21:40 UTC by regi.hops
Modified: 2012-08-28 22:05 UTC (History)
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Description regi.hops 2012-08-08 21:40:53 UTC
The password dialog (titled pinentry-qt) for the private key (PGP and S/MIME) displays the information of the chosen certificate in a more or less raw format.
This format would be OK for users who are familiar with certificates.
But having more than one certificate it is difficult to directly notice the relevant information.
And for people who are not familiar with certificates the displayed information are very "uncomfortable".


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. send an encrypted or signed email with a password protected private key
2. have a look at the password dialog

Actual Results:  
the raw subject and some additional information like validity are displayed in a floating text format

Expected Results:  
show a dialog with the most important information on separate lines, like:
- Common Name (CN)
- Email-Address (EMAIL)
- Optionally additional Email-Addresses (SubjectAltName)
- Valid until (in localized format?) or an icon showing the validity status
- A link to the raw certificate information would be also nice


Alternatively there could be also a dialog showing the "expected result information" of the certificate, before the password dialog opens up.
This could be also useful to choose a certificate, if there are two or more possible certificates for the requested action.
Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2012-08-24 17:10:16 UTC
pineentry-qt is not from kmail.
Comment 2 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-08-27 22:28:24 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> pineentry-qt is not from kmail.

So shouldn't this be closed as invalid?
Comment 3 Allen Winter 2012-08-27 22:44:09 UTC
perhaps closed as UPSTREAM.  since we rely on that 3rdparty software

in theory, the OP needs to take this to the pineentry-qt folks
Comment 4 regi.hops 2012-08-28 19:07:18 UTC
Hi,

sorry for answering so late.
Where else can I post it - is there another bug list or the like?

Thanks in advance
Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2012-08-28 22:05:39 UTC
The homepage for the "pinentry" tools of GnuPG.org is at http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/index.en.html

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