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Re: [tor-bugs] #3064 [Vidalia]: Vidalia stores ControlPassword as plaintext

#3064: Vidalia stores ControlPassword as plaintext
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    Reporter:  tornewbie  |       Owner:  chiiph  
        Type:  defect     |      Status:  reopened
    Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:          
   Component:  Vidalia    |     Version:          
  Resolution:             |    Keywords:          
      Parent:             |      Points:          
Actualpoints:             |  
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Comment(by chiiph):

 How about add a label under the password setting saying:
 "WARNING: If you hand pick the password it will be saved as plain text in
 Vidalia's configuration file. Using a random password or cookie auth is
 safer."

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3064#comment:4>
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