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Date:      Fri, 9 Apr 1999 03:07:16 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Bart Smit <bit@signature.nl>
To:        Foxfair Hu <foxfair@news.ks.edu.tw>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fw: Netscape 4.5 vulnerability
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9904090302180.12018-100000@pollux.or.signature.nl>
In-Reply-To: <370D516D2EE.C14EFOXFAIR@news.ks.edu.tw>

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On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Foxfair Hu wrote:

> session preferences .This file also contains encrypted password for
> pop3.
> Not like a DES , this encryption can be decrypted. As a result of many

Sure it can. How else can Netscape reproduce your password?
That some silly people choose to store their passwords in a file is hardly
new and hardly a problem that belongs on this list.

--Bart



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