Re: vpn password stored in plain text

2015-09-28 Thread Olaf Hering
Am 28.09.2015 um 18:09 schrieb Dan Williams: > Yes, that is correct. Although best practices suggest full-disk > encryption on anything that can walk away, plus two-factor "something > you know and something you have" for VPNs. But yes, setting the flags > in the file and removing the password sh

Re: vpn password stored in plain text

2015-09-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 17:57 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: > Am 28.09.2015 um 17:00 schrieb Dan Williams: > > On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 09:32 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: > >> Why is the VPN password stored in plain text in > >> /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections? Is there a

Re: vpn password stored in plain text

2015-09-28 Thread Olaf Hering
Am 28.09.2015 um 17:00 schrieb Dan Williams: > On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 09:32 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: >> Why is the VPN password stored in plain text in >> /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections? Is there a way to let the GUI >> ask for it every time? > > Note that th

Re: vpn password stored in plain text

2015-09-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 09:32 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: > Why is the VPN password stored in plain text in > /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections? Is there a way to let the GUI > ask for it every time? Note that the file is read-only by root. If somebody has root on your machine, they

vpn password stored in plain text

2015-09-28 Thread Olaf Hering
Why is the VPN password stored in plain text in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections? Is there a way to let the GUI ask for it every time? Olaf ___ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo