From kde-core-devel  Thu Aug 02 07:36:47 2001
From: Moritz Moeller-Herrmann <mmh () gmx ! net>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 07:36:47 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Outstanding critical issue for KDE 2.2
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 09:11:38PM -0400, George Staikos wrote:
> > Even on multi-user systems, if the file is mode 600 it should not be a
> > problem anyway.
>=20
>   On the internet, it should not be a problem transmitting it unencrypted=
=20
> because only responsible "root" users should have direct access to these=
=20
> channels, right?   Writing it to disk unencrypted is plain not good enoug=
h. =20
> If it's going to disk, it must be encrypted with a user's password which =
is=20
> not written to disk.

root can capture any key press of a user, so who cares?
hidden passwords are not saved. Anyone can look over your shoulder
while you type in your account number.

--=20
Moritz Moeller-Herrmann mmh@gmx.net ICQ# 3585990
wiss. Mitarbeiter, IMGB
Linus Torvalds: "I'm a big fan of konqueror, and I use it for everything."

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