[MacTUG] OmniPrint - UW wireless printing tutorial

[Marlon A. Griffith]

Hi Don,

This is a good point. My guess is that the string is saved with the printer setup and is thus passed each time the person attempts to print.

I will pass on your concern to Steve Carr.

marloN


On 26/05/11 9:51 AM, Donald Duff-McCracken wrote:
> OK, so let me get this straight. A user sets up a printer on a secure
> network and it is passing their password, which hopefully is not an issue,
> and hopefully no one is casually watching them type it in (in clear text).
>
> A month later (or whatever), the user is sitting somewhere off campus and
> hits the print command, without thinking too much about password security
> -- despite having read Marlon's reasonably worded warning, way back when
> they set up the printer. Are going to be passing that password each time
> they print?
>
> Am I right that the password is being pushed every time you print, or
> 'merely' when you make the printer connection initially? If it is getting
> pushed each time they print, my concerns over passwords being sent
> unencrypted rises exponentially.
>
> don
>
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