From 1074abfd2d75ee669f7c9841a2c1a08943d30d34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 18:17:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that proxy password is saved in plain text in configuration, since we've had a couple of indignant e-mails. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@3916 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/config.but | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index e48240c2..0681aee6 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.74 2004/02/07 23:49:21 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.75 2004/03/01 18:17:34 jacob Exp $ \C{config} Configuring PuTTY @@ -1564,6 +1564,10 @@ and your SOCKS 4 server cannot deal with it, this might be why. If your proxy requires authentication, you can enter a username and a password in the \q{Username} and \q{Password} boxes. +Note that if you save your session, the proxy password will be +saved in plain text, so anyone who can access your PuTTY +configuration data will be able to discover it. + Authentication is not fully supported for all forms of proxy: \b Username and password authentication is supported for HTTP -- 2.11.0