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| 2016-03-16 | 2016-07-29 | ||
| 5.8.2 Bug 1409 Remembering a password for a duration of a session by default - final + reword + +grammar + removing reference to cloning (martin) | 5.9 stable released (martin) | ||
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| ===== [[password_memory]] Keeping Password in Memory ===== | ===== [[password_memory]] Keeping Password in Memory ===== | ||
| - | By default, when you [[ui_authenticate#password|enter your password on the authentication window]], it is stored in the memory and reused for all subsequent authentications during the same session, such as when reconnecting, opening an additional connection for a [[transfer_queue|background transfer]] or opening a [[shell_session|separate shell session]]. This is the default behavior of the //latest beta version//. //In the latest stable version//, the password is not remembered by default. &beta | + | By default, when you [[ui_authenticate#password|enter your password on the authentication window]], it is stored in the memory and reused for all subsequent authentications during the same session, such as when reconnecting, opening an additional connection for a [[transfer_queue|background transfer]] or opening a [[shell_session|separate shell session]]. |
| You can choose not to keep the password in the memory, for an increased protection, using the preference option //[[ui_pref_security|Remember password for duration of session]]//. ((Note that the //[[ui_pref_integration_app|Remember session password and pass it to PuTTY]]// preference option has the same effect, so you have to disable both, to avoid automatic authentication of additional connections.)) | You can choose not to keep the password in the memory, for an increased protection, using the preference option //[[ui_pref_security|Remember password for duration of session]]//. ((Note that the //[[ui_pref_integration_app|Remember session password and pass it to PuTTY]]// preference option has the same effect, so you have to disable both, to avoid automatic authentication of additional connections.)) | ||