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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Outstanding critical issue for KDE 2.2
From:       Moritz Moeller-Herrmann <mmh () gmx ! net>
Date:       2001-08-02 7:36:47
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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.
> 
>   On the internet, it should not be a problem transmitting it unencrypted 
> because only responsible "root" users should have direct access to these 
> channels, right?   Writing it to disk unencrypted is plain not good enough.  
> If it's going to disk, it must be encrypted with a user's password which is 
> 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.

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Moritz Moeller-Herrmann mmh@gmx.net ICQ# 3585990
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