[jira] [Updated] (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 updated NETBEANS-4662:
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    Component/s: cnd - Remote VCS

> 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: New Feature
>          Components: cnd - Remote VCS
>            Reporter: Antonio Vieiro
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: CND-DONATION-TODO
>
> 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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