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Sure, that wouldn't work if the network volume was accessed by different URIs. But it would work in 95% of cases, which is good enough.
by organsnyder 2y ago
Sure, that wouldn't work if the network volume was accessed by different URIs. But it would work in 95% of cases, which is good enough.
- DidYaWipe 2y agoExactly. And if the same machine used two URIs, there'd simply be two entries for settings. And the settings cache could flush old entries periodically.
- nullindividual 2y agoLike two websites that look the same, except one captures your creds? You don't want user prefs to apply to multiple locations solely based on URI.
- organsnyder 2y agoJust because two URIs might appear to be similar doesn't mean they are identical. Using the URI string as a hash key wouldn't be vulnerable to this.