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Date:      Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:28:15 +0100 (CET)
From:      Dominik Brettnacher <domi@saargate.de>
To:        "sprice@hiwaay.net" <sprice@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        kbyanc@posi.net, andrews@technologist.com, ports@freebsd.org, drbrain@toxic.magnesium.net
Subject:   RE: Uptimes project has moved
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001041126560.18745-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <fc.3b9aca0025e0e2383b9aca0038e2e025.1fad72@saargate.de>

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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, sprice@hiwaay.net wrote:

> One immediate problem I see with either version is that the password is
> out in the open.  Hardcoded in the binary you can get it with strings(1).
> On the commandline and you can see it with ps(1). 

The program could call setproctitle(3) in order to avoid this.

-- 
Dominik - http://www.saargate.de/~domi/



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