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Re: Transmitting Sensitive Information between Servers
From: Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:13:40 +0200
On 2008-09-08 Basha, Arif wrote:

We have a policy to not pass user name/password, etc in clear between
servers within our DMZ.


Passwords should never be transmitted in the clear. I wouldn't worry too
much about usernames, though, as they tend to be predictible anyway.


Is this being too pedantic?


Hardly.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
-- 
"All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
becoming available."
--Jason Coombs on Bugtraq

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