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  • From: Aumont <address@concealed>
  • To: address@concealed
  • Cc: address@concealed
  • Subject: Re: [sympa-dev] Encrypted password
  • Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 11:55:02 +0100

Nicolas Brouard wrote:

> "Password are currently NOT crypted in the database. Considering that most
> people use a single password for almost any usage, this is a security
> problem. It could be crypted with a reversible algorithm, thus allowing
> password reminding. "
>
Yes we will introduce a reversible encryption asap.

> but because I don't trust the local list manager.
If you don't trusted the local listmaster, you will never have a secure
solution
Even HTTPS allow listmaster to add some logs of password in sympa itself.

Serge
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