full-disclosure - Re: [FD] Security flaw in Full Disclosure mailing list

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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 17:31:41 -0500
From: Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile@...il.com>
To: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@...edump.cx>
Cc: "fulldisclosure@...lists.org" <fulldisclosure@...lists.org>
Subject: Re: [FD] Security flaw in Full Disclosure mailing list

Actually, most email clients now can filter out your plain texts passwords.

For instance, my password is hunter2, but you will only ever see *********.
Email has worked this way for ages now.

On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@...edump.cx> wrote:

> > -                table.append(fmt % (listaddr, password, optionsurl))
> > +                table.append(fmt % (listaddr, "********", optionsurl))
>
> That doesn't work if my password is "********".
>
> /mz
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