Re: Parameters for extcap

[Jirka Novak <j.novak () netsystem cz>]

Hi,

  just for reference...

On 11/30/21 09:49, Roland Knall wrote:
> Both issues where done so by design.
>
> For the password, there was a reasonable concern, that passwords may be 
> read-out. Now, you could argue, that monitoring the cumpcap call gives 
> you the password anyway, which is correct. The intended 
> usecase originally was to use the password together with ssh, which was 
> later superseded by using the identity file, which can be stored normally.

It is done in !5519.

> As for empty values, we have no possibility to detect, if the empty 
> value you entered is the default one, or if it is a new set value. 
> Therefore empty was implemented as "return default value". One could 
> argue, that default values should only be used, if you reset the 
> complete configuration, but than you could not reset an individual 
> configuration.

It is prepared in !5538 and it is waiting for review/acceptance.

                                                Best regards,

                                                        Jirka Novak
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