On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:10:40 +0200, Frank Millman <fr...@chagford.com> wrote: [snip] > > What about the second part of my query? Is it acceptable that they keep > passwords on their system in clear text?
Absolutely not. Keeping the passwords, even encrypted, is a reckless invitation to disaster. Chris has done a fine job of explaining the situation; I'm just piling on (as a retired cryptologist) to add statistical weight to your survey. -- To email me, substitute nowhere->runbox, invalid->com. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
