[ic] [interchange] always use default encryption method for global AdminUser (problem found by Rok Ru?i?)

Mike Heins mike at perusion.com
Wed Mar 10 05:29:41 UTC 2010


Quoting Jon Jensen (jon at endpoint.com):
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) wrote:
> 
> >So I see two possiblities to get around this:
> >
> >1. deal with AdminUser in a separate subroutine and immediately return 
> >from UserDB::login if this subroutine is successful
> >
> >2. drop AdminUser completely
> 
> I'd lean towards #2. I can't remember the last time I saw AdminUser used 
> for anything other than temporarily getting around admin access control. 
> But if it's being used, I bet people on this list can pipe up and tell us 
> about it.

I say kill it.

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Mike Heins
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