[jira] [Closed] (NETBEANS-4662) Old versions of NetBeans stored "scrambled" passwords.

["Antonio Vieiro (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-4662?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Antonio Vieiro closed NETBEANS-4662.
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    Resolution: Fixed

> Old versions of NetBeans stored "scrambled" passwords.
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>                 Key: NETBEANS-4662
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-4662
>             Project: NetBeans
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: cnd - Remote VCS
>            Reporter: Antonio Vieiro
>            Assignee: Antonio Vieiro
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: CND-DONATION-TODO, pull-request-available
>          Time Spent: 0.5h
>  Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> Old versions of NetBeans used "scrambled" passwords in connection strings.
> See, for instance, [http://www.cvsnt.org/cvsclient/Password-scrambling.html]
> I don't think this is safe to use nowadays, we should use encrypted passwords or modern techniques instead in Apache NetBeans.



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