[JDEV] Account information storage, plaintext?

[Andrew Sayers]

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I can't speak for jabberd, but other popular programs (e.g. pppd,
fetchmail) store passwords in plaintext, readable only by a specified
user.  The theory is that if someone can get read access to files they
aren't supposed to, they'll get your password one way or other anyway.

	- Andrew
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