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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:49:23 +0000, Tony Hoyle <tony.hoyle at march-hare.com> wrote: >Bo Berglund wrote: >> Contrast this to using :<protocol>:user:password at server:/Repo where >> the entire string will be stored in *all* Root files inside the CVS >> subdirectories in the entire checked out sandbox tree! It is there for >> *anyone* to read even without the least trace of encryption! You only >> need to be able to open the Root file in an editor like notepad and >> you have the password!!! >> > >2.5.03 doesn't do this btw. it logs you in and scrubs the password from >the root string. Which is good news! But I guess that GNU CVS and Cygwin CVS still do this? /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)