full-disclosure - RE : Putty Proxy login/password discolsure....(Answer from PUTTY Staff)

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:54:03 +0200
From: "Antoine SANTO" <Antoine.SANTO@...f.fr>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: RE : Putty Proxy login/password
	discolsure....(Answer from PUTTY Staff)

> Hi,
>
> I come to report a little strange discolsure discovered by my
> co-worker Fx0day.
>
> When you save session informations under putty and you need proxy
> for a session,
> We can find in plain clear text the login and password proxy auth in
> the windows
> database register.
>
> Strange to see a good ssh client storing plain clear text < hot >
> informations !!

Unfortunately, there's no way to encrypt it securely, because there's
nowhere safe to store an encryption key.

Cheers,
Simon
-- 
Simon Tatham         "A cynic is a person who smells flowers and
<anakin@...ox.com>    immediately looks around for a coffin."

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