[tor-bugs] #3064 [Vidalia]: Vidalia stores ControlPassword as plaintext

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#3064: Vidalia stores ControlPassword as plaintext
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 Reporter:  tornewbie  |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia    |        Version:        
 Keywords:             |         Parent:        
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:        
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Comment(by chiiph):

 There's a lot of software that stores passwords in plain text. The idea is
 to set the file's permissions to be only readable by the owner, so that
 noone but the current user can read the file.

 I don't see any other solution than save the password like this.

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