Re: password.incleartext.com

[Cal Leeming <cal () foxwhisper co uk>]

People should be using a different password for every external service
anyway, so technically this shouldn't even matter ;)

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Thor (Hammer of God)
<thor () hammerofgod com>wrote:

>  This isn’t necessarily true – without knowledge of how the data may be
> encrypted and what processes are involved in decrypting the data, one can’t
> make the “it isn’t secure” statement.
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> That being said, it is probably safe to argue that sites that do not
> require PCI, SOX, HIPPA, etc would be less inclined to engage in this level
> of security.  But that doesn’t mean that it is not being done.
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> *From:* full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk [mailto:
> full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] *On Behalf Of *Mario Vilas
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 06, 2011 9:05 AM
> *To:* Romain Bourdy
> *Cc:* full-disclosure; Inc leartext
> *Subject:* Re: [Full-disclosure] password.incleartext.com
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> Actually, if they can get the data back (be it because it's stored in
> plaintext or in obfuscated plaintext) then it's not secure. Obfuscation
> doesn't make it more secure, or any less plaintext.
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> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Romain Bourdy <achileos () gmail com> wrote:
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> Hi Full-Disclosure,
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> Just my two cents but ... the fact they can give your password back doesn't
> mean it's stored in cleartext, just that it's not hashed but encrypted with
> some way to get the original data back, this doesn't mean at all it's not
> secured, even though in most case it's not.
>
>  -Romain
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> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 1:36 PM, <Maksim.Filenko () fuib com> wrote:
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> Kinda plaintextoffenders.com?
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> wbr,
>  - Max
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> full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk wrote on 01.04.2011 02:17:24:
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> > Inc leartext <staff () incleartext com>
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> > 01.04.2011 13:14
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> > full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
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> > Subject
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> > [Full-disclosure] password.incleartext.com
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> > Hi FD,
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> > Just launched a new website to keep a list of websites storing
> > passwords in clear text, so far the database is small but feel free
> > to add some:
> >     http://password.incleartext.com/
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> > Cheers,
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