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From: Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To: SL Baur <steve@xemacs.org>
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Subject: Re: rsh
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While I don't disagree about rsh passing it in the clear, there's a very
big difference between Joe user standing over your shoulder watching you
type it in and seeing it on the screen vs it being sent in the clear over
the net...

On 28 Jul 1997, SL Baur wrote:

> Adrian Aichner <aichner@ecf.teradyne.com> writes:
> 
> > echoes the password typed by the user. After RETURN the password is
> > removed from the screen.
> 
> > (setq rsh-eat-password-string t)
> 
> > will avoid the password echoing. Please make `t'the default for this
> > variable.
> 
> Been there done that.  I grew bored with arguing with Zawinski about
> it and gave up.  Feel free to take it up with him if you wish.
> 
> Rsh sends your password in the clear across a network so the fact that 
> it echoes on the screen matters very little.
> 
> > The docstring of that variable is pretty useless, IMHO.
> 
> Oh well.
> 

