Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 11:29:15 +0200 From: Oscar Haeger <viggen@ENTERPRISE.SHV.HB.SE> Subject: gftp To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Hello. In gFTP1.13, an FTP-client that ships with RH6.0 the password is displayed in plain text in the log window and is also saved in plain text if you choose to save a logfile. Granted this is not a really big deal but if you save your download-files (and logfile) on a public area you would be giving away your password. I have spoken with the author and he has some new versions out which he recommends that you get and install. http://gftp.seol.org/ Latest version is 2.0.4 but this particular bug was fixed in 2.0.0. The reason why I send this to bugtraq is that this ftp-client is (one of) the default ftp-clients in RH6.0 and if you don't know about it then perhaps you won't go through the trouble of an upgrade. //Oscar