Nice find. Most people really shouldnąt be using AFP. I know that Classic
MacOS machines store the passwords on disk using a simple XOR cipher. I
would assume that they also transmit the password using the same cipher.
SecureMac.com has a article on this if anyone is interested.
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On 2/27/04 7:12 PM, "Chris Adams" <chris_at_improbable.org> wrote:
> On Feb 27, 2004, at 9:24, Chris Adams wrote:
>> Multiple issues with Mac OS X AFP client
>
>> Vendor Response:
>>
>> None
>
> After some discussion with someone on Apple's product security team it
> turns out that I was responsible for the lack of response - my original
> notice went to Apple corporate security rather than product security
> and apparently was never forwarded on. In contrast, a member of the
> product security team responded to my last email shortly after the
> advisory was released.
>
> Chris
>
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Received on Mar 04 2004
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