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Sign upUX improvements to bad password in "Restore VMs from backup" tool #1589
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That error may also mean that backup is corrupted... |
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bnvk commentedJan 6, 2016
Currently, when trying to perform a VM backup, and a user enters an incorrect password, they are given the following pop-up window:
This text can be made more user friendly as
Corrupted backup header (hmac verification failed).is highly confusing to non-crypto engineer users. I propose the following:Additionally, if a user enters the incorrect password, the original backup window proceeds to the 2nd step
VMs to restoreexcept all the columns are blank (due to the password failing). The user must then click on the< Backbutton and manually delete, re-enter a second attempt for the password. This can be improved by simply staying on the original screen, and deleting the wrongly entered password from those input fields!