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Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline Configurator Caution




At 12.56 11/08/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Clifford Donley wrote:
>> Earlier today I used the configurator to backup my Pipe 75. After it
>> was
>> done, I went back and looked at the file that was created. Every
>> password
>> was saved in clear text. Not nice. The Pipe is one of the new ones
>> that
>> uses 5.0b; the configurator is v5.0a.
>
>I recall reading somewhere in the documentation (the addendum I think)
>that passwords are stored in the clear and that you should copy the file
>to a "safe" place after you save the config.  Hmmm.

I've been using PGP, probably overkill for me ;) 

http://www.pgp.com/


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