From owner-cvs-ports Mon Apr 1 12:28:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-cvs-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA25734 for cvs-ports-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:28:28 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mpp@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA25690 Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:28:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:28:15 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Pritchard Message-Id: <199604012028.MAA25690@freefall.freebsd.org> To: CVS-committers, cvs-all, cvs-ports Subject: cvs commit: ports/mail/popclient/patches patch-ab Sender: owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk mpp 96/04/01 12:28:14 Added: mail/popclient/patches patch-ab Log: If a password is given on the command line, zero it out instead of overwriting it with *'s. This prevents potential hackers looking at 'ps' output from determining how long the password is, which could help them crack the password. This patch has been forwarded to the popclient author.