[nuttx-apps] branch master updated: rexec: warn users about cleartext password transmission

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new e94e1e59f rexec: warn users about cleartext password transmission
e94e1e59f is described below

commit e94e1e59f3b207d090e77a8b0d324eedd35d2e8e
Author: Mingjie Shen <shen...@purdue.edu>
AuthorDate: Fri Jun 30 00:39:44 2023 -0400

    rexec: warn users about cleartext password transmission
    
    Close apache/nuttx#9642.
    
    Signed-off-by: Mingjie Shen <shen...@purdue.edu>
---
 netutils/rexec/Kconfig  | 1 +
 netutils/rexecd/Kconfig | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/netutils/rexec/Kconfig b/netutils/rexec/Kconfig
index 050145d2d..797bb4586 100644
--- a/netutils/rexec/Kconfig
+++ b/netutils/rexec/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config NETUTILS_REXEC
        default n
        ---help---
                Enable support for the remote execution client.
+               Warning: rexec transmits passwords in cleartext, unencrypted.
 
 if NETUTILS_REXEC
 
diff --git a/netutils/rexecd/Kconfig b/netutils/rexecd/Kconfig
index eabe853c1..51ba23b1b 100644
--- a/netutils/rexecd/Kconfig
+++ b/netutils/rexecd/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config NETUTILS_REXECD
        default n
        ---help---
                Enable support for the Remote Execution server.
+               Warning: rexec transmits passwords in cleartext, unencrypted.
 
 if NETUTILS_REXECD