Not storing passwords in cleartext

[Alexey Shamrin]

On 19/11/05, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy at imag.fr> wrote:
> With the implementation of the transport layer, and the implementation
> of authenticated protocols (sftp, ftp, and probably soon DAV), we
> often need to type passwords in cleartext, like
> ftp://user:password@host.com/...
>
> An even simpler way, secure, but unpleasant to use is off course to
> prompt the password from the command line.

Just in case you haven't noticed... sftp transport supports
sftp://user@host.com and will prompt the password using getpass python
module.

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Alexey