Re: Password visible in SB Proxy V 1.1b2
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Peter> On the advancedconfig page, the password for the email account is
Peter> visible in plain text. This creates a potentially severe
Peter> security problem- if someone had access to my computer for just a
Peter> few seconds, they could pull the password for my main email, and
Peter> then have access to whatever else they wanted. (Go to bank site-
Peter> use 'forgot password'- get password mailed to now no longer
Peter> secure email, snag that, then start withdrawing money or
Peter> whatever.)
Peter> Is this just a glitch because of the weird version, or is this a
Peter> pervasive problem? Thanks!
Peter,
Did this happen previous to 1.1b1 (1.1b2 hasn't been released yet). Do you
know what version of Python is being used?
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Skip Montanaro - [email protected] - http://www.smontanaro.net/
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