Re: exposed passwords in Fedora 2 !!!!!
From: John Thompson (john_at_starfleet.os2.dhs.org)
Date: 08/10/04
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:59:04 GMT
On 2004-08-03, BrianD <briand@spamicide.cemml.colostate.edu> wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is an XScreenSaver, Gnome, or Rdesktopt problem or
> what but I'm running a fully patched version of Fedora 2.
>
> If I make an desktop connection to a Windows XP box fire up Word and any
> document, then lock the Fedora Gnome desktop, type my password into the
> XscreenSaver dialog window to unlock Gnome my password shows up in plain
> text within Word in the rdesktop connection!!!! I dont even know how to
> go about diagnosing this problem!
>
> This is the Fedora app versions but its all out of the box stuff.
>
> rdesktop-1.3.1-3
> xscreensaver-4.14-5
> kernel-2.6.6-1.435
>
> Here is the Windows Stuff:
>
> Windows XP SP 1 with all patches
> MS Word (XP) 2002 SP3
If this doesn't happen locally (i.e. it only happens when accessing though
rdesktop), it is most likely an rdesktop issue, not a Fedora issue.
Unfortunately, I have no means of verifying this as I have no rdesktop
connections with which to try.
-- -John (john@os2.dhs.org)
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