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Vulnerability: Please do not send the password in plain code

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Vulnerability: Please do not send the password in plain code

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For security reason, please do not send the password in plain code by email.
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Re: Vulnerability: Please do not send the password in plain code

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bsmagic wrote:For security reason, please do not send the password in plain code by email.
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Sorry, it's the way PHPBB works. It will not accept the "hash" for your password when you log in, so if you forget your password and need the program to send it to you, the hash would do you no good at all. You need the readable version of the password so you can log in.