Bug 241438

Summary: Konversation stores NickServ passwords unsafely
Product: [Applications] konversation Reporter: Rafael <EagleScreen>
Component: encryptionAssignee: Travis McHenry <wordsizzle>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: argonel, konversation-devel
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian unstable   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Rafael 2010-06-11 16:21:38 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 argonel 2010-06-11 17:18:53 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 94311 ***