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Fri Nov 11 18:38:57 UTC 2005

Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
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>>On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 20:37 -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
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>>>btw, for another great giggle (many thanks to brian candler
>>>for reporting it)
>>>
>>>    From the documentation for Cisco's VPN client software for
>>>    Linux:
>>>    http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/products_user_guide_chapter09186a0080234617.html
>>>
>>>    "User profiles [which contain all your IPSEC parameters:
>>>    pre-shared key, username and password] reside in the
>>>    /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles/ directory. Leave the
>>>    permissions for the Profiles folder set at drwxrwxrwx.
>>>    Each profile in the Profiles folder should have the
>>>    follwoing permissions: -rw-rw-rw-."
>>
>>The password string is encrypted in the Profile, however, when you save
>>it...
> 
> 
> encrypted how? cyrpt? md5? cisco7? Some way proven to take 'very long' to
> decrypt? is the passwd really necessary or is only the hash required? this
> is just wholey irresponsible of any vendor, nevermind one that should
> really know better :(

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20040415-grppass.shtml

   "The Group Password used by the Cisco Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
    virtual private network (VPN) client is scrambled on the hard drive, but
    unscrambled in memory. This password can now be recovered on both the
    Linux and Microsoft Windows platform implementations of the Cisco IPsec
    VPN client."

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