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Passwords are never stored in plaintext.

密码永远不要保存成明文。

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There are a few details that differ from the plaintext.

该版本和纯文本有一些细节上的差异。

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Nobody on the planet has held the archive in plaintext since CG2.

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Mullenweg countered with the fact that all Web applications must either store their database credentials in plain text or keep a plaintext decryption key around somewhere.

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In addition, you should consider avoiding plaintext-password network services: The POP3, FTP, and Telnet daemons pose a special risk because their passwords pass unencrypted across the open network, sniffable by any nearby machine along the way.

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