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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Persistent ftp connections ( was Re: kioslave in kdenonbeta? )
From:       Alex Zepeda <garbanzo () hooked ! net>
Date:       1999-02-13 1:54:37
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On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Waldo Bastian wrote:

> And the password to be safe. (I don't think it will open any big
> security holes if we don't but there are people really creative
> in exploiting things like this)

I think the password can be safely cached.  If one wants to be sure,
install a SIGSEGV signal handler to disable dumping of core, and if a
password is ever stored on disk do it on a mode 0400 dir and file..  I
can't imagine why checking the password would be needed...

- alex

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