10 Jan
2003
10 Jan
'03
10:44 a.m.
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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