Re: FreeBSD getpass "feature"

From: Guido van Rooij (Guido.vanRooijat_private)
Date: Thu Feb 26 1998 - 00:07:09 PST

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    >
    >         I always saw this as a "feature", just like s/key (at least on
    >         FreeBSD) that would echo your pass on login if you typed return
    >         on the first password prompt.  Of course, echoing the password
    >         should is strongly discouraged on a remote session, but then
    >         again packet sniffing will catch you either way.
    >
    >         I thought it was quite handy on lossy/extremely slow links.
    >
    
    You see how a bug turns out into a feature ;-)
    
    Anyway, this was a real bug in the signal handling. It is still not
    perfect and I'm planning a fix, though I have more important todo's
    right now.
    
    -Guido
    



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