[arch-dev-public] Build openvpn in --enable-password-save option
Thomas Bächler
thomas at archlinux.org
Fri Jul 11 13:39:51 EDT 2008
Thomas Bächler schrieb:
> I haven't seen TomK in a while, so I'm bringing this to the list: The
> auth-user-pass option of openvpn allows you to specify a plaintext file
> containing a username and a password. However, this feature is disabled
> by default. This means that everyone who wants to use it will have to
> rebuild openvpn.
>
> I want to enable the --enable-password-save option in our openvpn
> package. IMO, our users are smart enough to know the security
> implications of saving a password in a plaintext file. Enabling this
> option is completely safe if you don't use this feature.
>
> What do you think?
>
NVM, I met TomK on IRC and he told me to go ahead.
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