Public bug reported: When providing proxy username and password in System -> Preferences -> Network Proxy -> Manual Proxy Autentication -> Details, values are stored in environment variable http_proxy. However, from a terminal window, proxy password is displayed cleartext:
$ env | grep http_proxy http_proxy=http://ProxyUser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:80/ ** Affects: dell Importance: Low Status: Confirmed ** Affects: gksu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Visibility changed to: Public ** Also affects: gksu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: dell Importance: Undecided => Low Status: New => Confirmed -- Network Proxy password stored/displayed cleartext https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190299 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
