[rfc][icedtea-web] Enhanced signed app's messages

Jacob Wisor gitne at gmx.de
Wed Dec 4 10:34:35 PST 2013


Hello!

Jiri Vanek wrote:
 > As Andy suggested, What about this messages?
 > If it will pass, I would like to push it to 1.4 too.

 > +SSigUnverified=The application's digital signature cannot be verified. Do you
 > want to run the application, and so grant to this application unrestricted
 > access to your computer?
 > +SSigVerified=The application's digital signature has been verified. Do you
 > want to run the application, and so grant to this application unrestricted
 > access to your computer?
 > +SSignatureError=The application's digital signature has an error. Do you want
 > to run the application, and so grant to this application unrestricted access
 > to your computer?

Hmm, "unrestricted access" sounds scary and/or confusing. Besides, what is it? 
Does the application get root privileges?
Perhaps "grant all Java permissions" or "grant the AllPermissions permission" 
would be more suitable. Especially the latter expression is technically more 
correct, although probably less understood by the common user. If the 
application or applet is granted only a specific Permission it would probably be 
more appropriate to mention it explicitly in that message.

Generally speaking, I am in favor of these kind of changes as long as the 
affected messages become more precise and simpler to read.

Jacob


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