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ColinGilbert
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 2:24 pm    Post subject: Major security flaw in the forums Reply with quote

Hi,

I just registered for the forums, and was shocked to see my password in the registration email.
This is an indication that the backend stores passwords as plaintext, as opposed to salted hashes.
If this was already known and being worked on, please disregard this post.

Colin
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello and welcome to the forums.

At first it might be an error but it isn't. Here is a recent topic about this with some further explenations: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8789835.html
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