On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:54:04PM -0400, Venkatasamy,Venkat wrote: > > We came to know that Pidgin does not encrypt the users' password when > they choose "Remember Password" options in the accounts windows. > > Is there any workaround for this as this will be security issue in any > organization as local administrators having access to the .purple > folder. > > Thanks > Venkat <snip>
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords As the response to the "Is that the final word?" question states, if someone were to present us with a clean, well designed, extensible (handles more than just one version) patch for allowing pidgin to use keyrings we would accept it. I am unaware of any real work having been done on creating a patch like this, though it is entirely possible I am forgetting some people who have tried. If you want to work on that yourself feel free and we will gladly accept it. -Etan _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
