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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Outstanding critical issue for KDE 2.2
From:       Marko Samastur <markos () elite ! org>
Date:       2001-08-02 7:56:57
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Dne cetrtek  2. avgust 2001 06:36 je Moritz Moeller-Herrmann napisal(a):
> 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?

The lock on your front door can be picked. Why bother locking it, right?

If someone breaks into my computer, it's bad enough on itself. I don't 
want to help him make more damage with saving information that 
shouldn't be there.

> hidden passwords are not saved. Anyone can look over your shoulder
> while you type in your account number.

Yeah, right. That happens so often at my home.

Kind regards,

	Marko

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