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aaronblohowiak on Aug 10, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pingdom is storing passwords in plaintext

> "How would one go about securing such a system where there is no option but storing encrypted passwords that are reversible?!"

Change the system.

desigooner on Aug 10, 2011 [–]

I wish it was that easy. Working in higher ed means dealing with legacy and proprietary systems at low budgets. "Change the system" isn't always the option in the real world a lot many times.

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