4289041 1999-09-08  17:34  /29 rader/ Postmaster
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Ärende: gftp
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Date:         Sun, 5 Sep 1999 11:29:15 +0200
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From: Oscar Haeger <viggen@ENTERPRISE.SHV.HB.SE>
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Hello.
In gFTP1.13, an FTP-client that ships with RH6.0 the password is displayed in
plain text in the log window and is also saved in plain text if you choose to
save a logfile.
Granted this is not a really big deal but if you save your download-files (and
logfile) on a public area you would be giving away your password.
I have spoken with the author and he has some new versions out which he
recommends that you get and install.
http://gftp.seol.org/
Latest version is 2.0.4 but this particular bug was fixed in 2.0.0.

The reason why I send this to bugtraq is that this ftp-client is (one
of) the default ftp-clients in RH6.0 and if you don't know about it then perhaps
you won't go through the trouble of an upgrade.

//Oscar
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