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Re: CVS, RSH and direct access to repository
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: CVS, RSH and direct access to repository |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:20:30 -0500 (EST) |
"RAJAGOPAL, AARTI (SBCSI)" writes:
>
> Do the passwords get transmitted in plaintext when going through the network
> , in pserver?
Not quite, they're "scrambled" using a simple, documented, reversible
algorithm. It prevents them from being seen "by accident", but it won't
stop (or even slow down) anyone who's looking for them.
-Larry Jones
I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people. -- Calvin