Bugs item #3065127, was opened at 2010-09-13 02:32
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
>Priority: 6
Private: No
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Karl Beecher (k_beecher)
Summary: Password stored in plain text

Initial Comment:
The users password is stored in plain text in the 
<WORKSPACE>/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/de.fu_berlin.inf.dpp.prefs
 file. 

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Comment By: Karl Beecher (k_beecher)
Date: 2011-04-29 08:47

Message:
Fixed in r3288

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Comment By: Björn Kahlert (bkahlert)
Date: 2011-04-07 16:52

Message:
I absolutely agree to the last comment.
There are multiple reasons why we should store credentials securely.

In case of company-wide LDAP services or Active Directory people's plainly
saved credentials would present a real threat.

Another reason is that many people use the same password for different
services either way.

I would also doubt that the use of Saros in ISO certified (e.h. 9001,
27001) companies is even tenable.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2011-04-07 15:14

Message:
XMPP accounts are not the only thing at stake.  Many corporations have
internal Jabber servers which use the company-wide LDAP / ActiveDirectory
for authentication.  Storing passwords in plain text is a serious security
vulnerability.

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Comment By: A. Haferburg (ahaferburg)
Date: 2010-09-20 23:37

Message:
While I don't think the XMPP account is very critical, this might be an
issue if someone uses the same password for more important accounts.

http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/secure_storage_dev.htm

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