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Re: Disabling display of passwords in FTP/FTPS debug output

Sorin Sbarnea
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:40:00 -0800

I would vote for this feature but there is not bug tracker :|
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/sorin
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:25,  <tilo.mue...@bertelsmann.de> wrote:
> Hi Alexander, Hi list,
> we are using lftp for the protocols SFTP, FTPS and FTP. When using a debug
> level >=5 the FTP/FTPS password is displayed in the lftp output, see below:
> ---> USER user1
> <--- 331 Send password please
> ---> PASS test1
> <--- 230 User logged in, proceed
>
> This differs from SFTP, where the password is hidden, in any case:
> <--- us...@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx's password: XXXX
>
> We would like to vote for a solution where the password is hidden anytime,
> also if debug level is >=5 and protocol is FTP/FTPS. What do you think?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Tilo