[Full-Disclosure] Re: Multiple issues with Mac OS X AFP client

From: Marukka (marukka_at_consoleconductor.com)
Date: 03/04/04

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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 21:34:26 -0600

    Nice find. Most people really shouldnąt be using AFP. I know that Classic
    MacOS machines store the passwords on disk using a simple XOR cipher. I
    would assume that they also transmit the password using the same cipher.
    SecureMac.com has a article on this if anyone is interested.
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    On 2/27/04 7:12 PM, "Chris Adams" <chris@improbable.org> wrote:

    > On Feb 27, 2004, at 9:24, Chris Adams wrote:
    >> Multiple issues with Mac OS X AFP client
    >
    >> Vendor Response:
    >>
    >> None
    >
    > After some discussion with someone on Apple's product security team it
    > turns out that I was responsible for the lack of response - my original
    > notice went to Apple corporate security rather than product security
    > and apparently was never forwarded on. In contrast, a member of the
    > product security team responded to my last email shortly after the
    > advisory was released.
    >
    > Chris
    >

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