[Bug 266821] Re: privacy hole in password reminder

[Bug 266821] Re: privacy hole in password reminder

	Amedee Van Gasse
	May 23, 2011 at 1:37 pm

I am sorry, this appears to be the general Launchpad page for Mailman, not just Ubuntu's version of it.
I got confused because a lot of Ubuntu happens on Launchpad, but there are other projects hosted here too.

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privacy hole in password reminder

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Amedee Van Gasse: The problem isn't plain text emailed passwords. The *real* problem is storing plain text passwords on the server that runs mailman. If that server gets compromised, the attacker has a list of email addresses and passwords. I guess you all heard about the recent problems with Sony's Playstation Network (PSN). One of the biggest problems there was that Sony stored plain text passwords. If you Google for "plain text passwords", you will see thousands of articles that advise against it, and none

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