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Re: Bug#253700: konqueror history exposure of username and password



On Thursday 10 June 2004 21:02, Stephen Gran wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Jean Darcoux said:
> > Package: konqueror
> > Version: 4:3.2.2-1
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: security sarge
> >
> > If you enter an URL like
> >
> > ftp://USER:PASS@ftp.site.com
> >
> > in the URL bar and type enter. The next time you will type the same URL,
> > you will see that the username and the password will be autocompleted.
> > This indicate that they are stored somewhere on your computer. This can
> > be a security problem in the case of a shared computer.
>
> You understand that linux is a _multi-user_ OS.  So, setup seperate user
> accounts, so that each person can have each of their settings and
> history kept private.  This information is most likely stored in the
> users ~/.kde/, which is not world-readable here.

It still shouldn't display the password part, there was a fix for that in 
bookmark handling if memory serves me right.

I think it is a valid bug report concerning security.

Cheers,
Kevin

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