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

["Antoine SANTO" <Antoine.SANTO () maaf fr>]

> 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 () pobox com>    immediately looks around for a coffin."

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