Yahoo to fix Zimbra's password-exposure flaw
Published: 01 Oct 2008 08:10 BST
New security features planned for Zimbra will resolve an issue responsible for passwords being transmitted as clear text when accessing Yahoo Mail, a Yahoo spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
"Plain-text authentication is an industry-wide challenge that major email clients and providers face when providing the right balance of backward compatibility and security," a Yahoo spokeswoman said in an email statement.
"Zimbra has plans, as part of the next beta release, to implement additional, new security features to provide more secure authentication options. This approach will be in place in the next few weeks, well before we launch the service out of beta," the statement said.
A Canadian programmer discovered the problem during a Yahoo University Hack Day at Waterloo University in Ontario, Canada, last week.
Credit: Yahoo to fix password exposure problem in Zimbra from CNET News
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