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Re: [Full-disclosure] Security issue in Filezilla 3.0.9.2:passwordsare stored in plain text (sitemanager.xml)



Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx schrieb:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:31:53 EDT, Joey Mengele said:
> 
>> So are you trying to suggest compression is not as secure as 
>> encryption? Have you even *read* the RFC in question?
> 
> The design goal of most compression algorithms is that *anybody* can take
> the compressed data and get back the original.  The design goal of most
> encryption is that *only the intended recipient* can decrypt and get the
> original data back.
> 
> The only question left at this point is whether the contents of your brain 
> were
> compressed, or merely encrypted, and which of the two would be more secure.
> 
> 
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Hi, Mr. Kletniek,

i really appreciate what you're doing. You're one of the few person 
driven by intellect and with a scientific approach here on this list. 
And your able to make me laugh early in the morming. ;) I really, really 
appreciate that.

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