[COLUG] SMB Plain-text Password Deprecation

Travis Sidelinger travis at ilive4code.net
Wed Sep 13 14:17:19 EDT 2006


I was referring to my reality, not everyone else's.  In my reality 
people actually stop using things that are deprecated.  Too bad it's 
lonely here.

Jim wrote:
> I asked: 
>
>   
>> Are [SMB] plain-text passwords deprecated? 
>>     
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> Travis replied: 
>
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>> Must not be.  I capture them from users all the time.
>>     
>
> Maybe my question was misunderstood, 
> particularly the meaning of the word deprecate. 
>
>    http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary/deprecate
>
> To deprecate something does not by itself eliminate it. 
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