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- noun cryptography The
unencrypted form of anencrypted text ;plain text
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Examples
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And of course, all the addresses used and texts sent via the card service since April 2006 were logged in cleartext, and have already attracted some considerable attention.
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From A I can ping the tun device on B, and from B I can ping the tun device on A. That ping will actually travel over the socket connection, i.e. the ping packet will be encapsulated within a UDP or TCP packet and sent between A and B. The problem with this very simple VPN is it's missing the security - it is what is known as a cleartext tunnel.
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If you don't use a secure connection, then your login and password are sent over the internet in a 'cleartext' form which can be easily intercepted.
Simple Measures for Email Security Abhay N 2007
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You are transmitting a message in cleartext, via a binary medium 1/0s, long/shorts, that is handled and re-transmitted by a number of 3rd parties beyond the senders control.
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You are transmitting a message in cleartext, via a binary medium 1/0s, long/shorts, that is handled and re-transmitted by a number of 3rd parties beyond the senders control.
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You are transmitting a message in cleartext, via a binary medium 1/0s, long/shorts, that is handled and re-transmitted by a number of 3rd parties beyond the senders control.
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You are transmitting a message in cleartext, via a binary medium 1/0s, long/shorts, that is handled and re-transmitted by a number of 3rd parties beyond the senders control.
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My friend Pablos is an amazing hacker/inventor -- part of the Shmoo Group, responsible for the WiFi hackerbot that seeks out people whose laptops are leaking cleartext passwords and rolls up to their feet, displaying their passwords on a upfacing LCD, and numerous other projects.
- Boing Boing 2005
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A little bird told me that the XML info associated with the running is just sitting on the iPod in cleartext.
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Scanning network traffic on a busy day one sees many cleartext email passwords, virus propagation, and inappropriately shared directories not to mention a really dull selection of web sites.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Technical mediation of Wi-Fi “zombie effect” in cafes? 2005
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