Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4211132 By: doctor-nemesis
I'm not claiming that it's more secure, or that it can't be used to log on as you. I'm saying it's not your password in plain text. So someone can't just read your password from the file and remember it, they have to steal the file from the PC. You can argue there is very little in the differing degrees of security provided, but my only question really was that if you have to generate the same hash every time then why not just store the hash and remove Gaim from the debate. I didn't know how the protocol hashes worked, so I didn't know why they couldn't be stored. After all, Windows passwords are stored as hashes that never change, so who knows what the underlying security is like on messenger clients?! ______________________________________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=665 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Gaim-forums mailing list Gaim-forums@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-forums
