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  1. Bug #566818
  2. Comment #37

Comment 37 for bug 566818

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 566818] Re: Cryptsetup passphrase prompt during boot: every character typed repeats the prompt

Hans Zehntner [2011-05-16 15:13 -0000]:
> Besides this annoying echoing the password length is written to
> tty7, where anyone with physical access can read it long after
> booting up.

Then this is the bug we should fix, i. e. clear it after the password
was entered.