Re: Password revelation
From: Giorgos Keramidas (keramida_at_ceid.upatras.gr)
Date: 12/24/04
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Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:34:56 +0200 To: Mervin McDougall <mcd_advisory@yahoo.com>
On 2004-12-24 11:25, Mervin McDougall <mcd_advisory@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here is something I noticed when installing freebsd 5.3 on my
> laptop. At the point where Freebsd asks whether you want to make any
> users and presents you with the screen where you can add users to your
> system during the installation process, I noticed that after entering
> the password...you can reveal the password by simply pressing the back
> arrow. I am not sure if that is true on all bsd installations but
> while installing 5.3 I noticed that though the keys were concealed
> with asterisks when typing , pressing the back arrow revealed the keys
> that were pressed and the password for the new user.
Ooops! This sounds like a bug in the way sysinstall works.
Are you familiar with the Gnats database of FreeBSD problem reports?
I think you should file a bug report describing this.
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