[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:  reopened
    Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:          
   Component:  Vidalia    |     Version:          
  Resolution:             |    Keywords:          
      Parent:             |      Points:          
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Comment(by chiiph):

 Replying to [comment:8 tornewbie]:
 > Another thing on this :
 >
 > I had Vidalia set to authenticate with a random password and after
 accessing once , exiting Vidalia without stopping tor and then restarting
 vidalia , it could not access to tor again probably because the new random
 password did not match the previous one.
 >
 > I've experimented this a while ago , I don't know if it is still so.

 Yes, that's the idea: let Vidalia handle Tor completely, and like that it
 can use a random password without saving it anywhere. If you use Vidalia
 to attach to an already running Tor, then you need to use one of the other
 auth methods.

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