[Freeciv-Dev] Re: client/server authentication (PR#1767)

["Mark Metson" <markm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 8 May 2003, ChrisK@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 06:34:16AM -0700, Mark Metson wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 May 2003, ChrisK@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > The password should not be saved. You won't never autoconnect to a server
> > > which requires authentication.
> > 
> > Uh, I do that. I am in a Long Turn Civ game (see forums.civ.org.pl) they 
> > use a server that has some kind of auth patch and I think most of us use 
> > autoconnect scripts to log us on each day to make our move.
> 
> So, if you don't care about security, a --password option will do?

Yup. Its not that I don't care about security, its just that local 
security and remote security can be very different issues.

-MarkM-

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