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* LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI
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On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
> OK but Kppp *must* be storing the pass somewhere. most probably it wud
> be plain and not encrypted. In that case root can access it pls
true. but guess what... windows does too. all your dial up passwords
and outlook express passwords are stored unencrypted - well, weak
encryption anyway. basically, if you need to send passwords in clear
text, then you need to either store them in a decryptable format or
prompt the user for them. many users don't like the latter, but the
choice should exist.
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