[Konversation-devel] [Bug 241438] New: Konversation stores NickServ passwords unsafely

Rafael EagleScreen at gmail.com
Fri Jun 11 16:21:39 CEST 2010


https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241438

           Summary: Konversation stores NickServ passwords unsafely
           Product: konversation
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian unstable
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: encryption
        AssignedTo: wordsizzle at gmail.com
        ReportedBy: EagleScreen at gmail.com
                CC: konversation-devel at kde.org


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.3) 
OS:                Linux

Konversation 1.3 stores NickServ passwords in
~/.kde/share/config/konversationrc unsafely, they are human readable.


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
Install Konversation 1.3, configure identity ans set identification with
NickServ protocol and type the password in the respective fields.

Actual Results:  
Konversation 1.3 stores NickServ passwords in
~/.kde/share/config/konversationrc unsafely, they are human readable.


Expected Results:  
Konversation should use kwallet to store passwords or at least, should encrypt
them a few to safeguard  user privacy.

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