The Mac client dates back to around the Fall of 1997 and it has always done that. All of Hotline's communication is plain text so I imagine the authors figured there wasn't a need for encryption. Just store the file in a secure place like in your personal profile directory and you should be fine. I see it as no more insecure than a Netscape bookmarks file in which you put your userid/passwd in a saved URL. Justin -- Justin Shore Pittsburg State University Network & Systems Manager Kelce 157Q Office of Information Systems Pittsburg, KS 66762 Voice: (620) 235-4606 Fax: (620) 235-4545 http://www.pittstate.edu/ois/ "Time spent tightening security at your site is best spent before a break-in occurs. Never believe that your site is too small or of too little consequence. Start out by being wary, and you will be more prepared when the inevitable attack happens." -- "Sendmail, 2nd Edition" by Bryan Costales & Eric Allman for O'Reilly On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Rense Buijen wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using Hotline Client 1.8.5 from Hotline Communications Ltd on a > windows XP platform. In this client you have the options to save > bookmarks so you can easily connect to your sites. When I was looking > around in the "Bookmarks" dir (program files\hotline communications ltd) > I saw that the bookmarks store your login, password and host in > plaintext although it is a binary file. Has this been mentioned before? > Is this normal or just a flaw from the creators? > > Cheers, > > Rens >
