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Re: [PATCH] default to --no-auth-cache

From: Josef Wolf <jw_at_raven.inka.de>
Date: 2003-01-14 21:39:34 CET

On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:10:25AM -0600, Karl Fogel wrote:

> But having it in ~/.subversion/, in a location readable only by that
> user and by root, is fine. Remember, we're talking about http basic
> auth passwords here -- anyone who has root on the client box could
> just sniff the network to get them too.

Ough! How come you to sniff basic auth passwords when they are used
over SSL?

Obviously, root could install a manipulated ssl library or a modified
svn client... But just sniff them?!?

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-- Josef Wolf -- jw@raven.inka.de --
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