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Message-ID: <AANLkTikuNH8T9xr_NWw27fnX_s9-J_UNeBMGP0TfNJKL@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 03:28:54 -0400 From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com> To: Ryan Sears <rdsears@....edu> Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk> Subject: Re: Filezilla's silent caching of user's credentials On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Ryan Sears <rdsears@....edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > As some of you may or may not be aware, the popular (and > IMHO one of the best) FTP/SCP program Filezilla caches your > credentials for every host you connect to, without either warning > or ability to change this without editing an XML file. There have > been quite a few bug and features requests filed, and they all > get closed or rejected within a week or so. I also posted > something in the developer forum inquiring about this, and > received this response: > > "I do not see any harm in storing credentials as long as the > rest of your system is properly secure as it should be." > Source:(http://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17932) > > [SNIP] > > I just wanted to gauge the FD community on this issue, > because with enough backing and explanation from the > security community as to why this is a problem, this issue > may finally be resolved (it's been doing this for years now). Am I the only person who finds it ironic that the same measures leveraged against closed source projects have to be employed against some open source projects? Jeff _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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