Re: gmail security is a joke

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Scott Howard <scott () doc net au> wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn <aaron () heyaaron com>
> wrote:
> > If they can e-mail you your existing password (*cough*Netgear*cough*),
> > it means they are storing your credentials in the database
> > un-encrypted.
>
> No, it doesn't mean that at all.  It means they are storing it unhashed
> which is probably what you mean.

Hi Scott,

It means they're storing it in a form that reduces to plain text
without human intervention. Same difference. Encrypted at rest matters
not, if all the likely attack vectors go after the data in transit.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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