From e94e1e59f3b207d090e77a8b0d324eedd35d2e8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mingjie Shen Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:39:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] rexec: warn users about cleartext password transmission Close apache/nuttx#9642. Signed-off-by: Mingjie Shen --- netutils/rexec/Kconfig | 1 + netutils/rexecd/Kconfig | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/netutils/rexec/Kconfig b/netutils/rexec/Kconfig index 050145d2d..797bb4586 100644 --- a/netutils/rexec/Kconfig +++ b/netutils/rexec/Kconfig @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config NETUTILS_REXEC default n ---help--- Enable support for the remote execution client. + Warning: rexec transmits passwords in cleartext, unencrypted. if NETUTILS_REXEC diff --git a/netutils/rexecd/Kconfig b/netutils/rexecd/Kconfig index eabe853c1..51ba23b1b 100644 --- a/netutils/rexecd/Kconfig +++ b/netutils/rexecd/Kconfig @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config NETUTILS_REXECD default n ---help--- Enable support for the Remote Execution server. + Warning: rexec transmits passwords in cleartext, unencrypted. if NETUTILS_REXECD