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Confusing "Authentication" / "Security Considerations" paragraph #8983

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rouault opened this issue Mar 23, 2024 · 0 comments · Fixed by #8985
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Confusing "Authentication" / "Security Considerations" paragraph #8983

rouault opened this issue Mar 23, 2024 · 0 comments · Fixed by #8985

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rouault commented Mar 23, 2024

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The content at https://docs.qgis.org/3.34/en/docs/user_manual/auth_system/auth_considerations.html is quite confusing. Most of it is a brainstorming aimed at QGIS developers of what should be ideally be implemented, but is not. So it doesn't really belong to user documentation. This is more something to put in design notes of the authentication system in the qgis/QGIS source code, for developers.

I believe only the first sentence "Once the master password is entered, the API is open to access authentication configs in the authentication database, similar to how Firefox works. However, in the initial implementation, no wall against PyQGIS access has been defined. This may lead to issues where a user downloads/installs a malicious PyQGIS plugin or standalone app that gains access to authentication credentials." should be let in the user documentation.

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