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

[Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen () gatech edu>]

Why can't you generate the encryption key from a passphrase?

Matthew Flaschen

Antoine SANTO wrote:
> > 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

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