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Re: Credentials held unencrypted in memory during runtime

From: Ron Wilson <ronw.mrmx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:37:26 -0400

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com> wrote:
> I still have to agree with a previous poster.. how did he find his password... did he search
> for his password? I'm not sure a hacker would be able to do that.

From the source code, a cracker could potentially determine the
location of the password relative to something he can find. Then the
cracker searches for the "land mark" and, from there, locations the
password.

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