From: bofn <bo...@ir...> - 2004-01-25 00:55:40
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passfile.patch
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Hello again, a little patch to read the password from a <filename> and not <filedescriptor> Cheers //j |
From: Andrey S. <bl...@in...> - 2004-01-26 08:38:12
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Sunday, January 25, 2004, 3:55:33 AM, you wrote: b> a little patch to read the password from a <filename> and not <filedescriptor> This is EVIL :) NEVER store your password in file, write it on sticker or do something like this. Reading password from descriptor was implemented for GUI developers, not for storing passwords on disk. -- Best regards, Andrey mailto:bl...@in... |
From: irq <ir...@ir...> - 2004-01-26 18:15:44
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:36:40 +0300 Andrey Sverdlichenko <bl...@in...> wrote > Sunday, January 25, 2004, 3:55:33 AM, you wrote: > > b> a little patch to read the password from a <filename> and not <filedescriptor> > > This is EVIL :) thats why i love it soooo much ;-) > NEVER store your password in file, write it on sticker or do > something like this. Reading password from descriptor was implemented > for GUI developers, not for storing passwords on disk. > I use it to get the password off a smart-card or usb-ram-drive which also holds the crypto key :) cheers //j |
From: Andrey S. <bl...@ru...> - 2004-01-26 18:25:23
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Monday, January 26, 2004, 9:15:35 PM, you wrote: >> NEVER store your password in file, write it on sticker or do >> something like this. Reading password from descriptor was implemented >> for GUI developers, not for storing passwords on disk. >> i> I use it to get the password off a smart-card or usb-ram-drive i> which also holds the crypto key :) Use shell features vncryptctl -p 99 99< /mnt/usb_drive/evil_plaintext_password -- Best regards, Andrey mailto:bl...@ru... |