Cleartext

Word CLEARTEXT
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The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text noun

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The word "cleartext" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (2006)

 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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Abhay N (2007)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A little bird told me that the XML info associated with the running is just sitting on the iPod in cleartext. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And if they don't, you shouldn't be doing business with them in the first place: sending sensitive information in cleartext over the Internet is insecure regardless of your connection. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Any unencrypted wireless connection is subject to sniffing -- it should not come as a revelation to anyone in this day and age that cleartext wireless comms are being listened in on. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Eric Flint, a Baen Books author, has written an essay on his experiences with Baen's free etext program, where readers are given free cleartext copies of current titles to download. ❋ Unknown (2002)

First off, he fails to acknowledge the intractatability of making DRM work -- providing an untrusted party with the key, the ciphertext and the cleartext but asking that party not to make a copy of your message is just silly, and can't possibly work in a world of Turing-complete computing. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Consequently, all ISPs should be required to filter out all crypto (including ssl for shopping baskets, presumably -- what's a cleartext credit-card number of two when you're defending the world from terrorists, who presumably enciphered their box-cutters to slip them past airport security?). ❋ Unknown (2001)

I have to admit I didn't read all the comments for your post Anil, but bravo to you for putting your feelings in cleartext, and rather eloquent clear text at that. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Needless to say, encryption doesn't do much good if the cleartext is available this way. ❋ Unknown (1995)

The actual message received looked like random garbage, but the encryption machine changed that into cleartext Russian which a Marine translated: ❋ Clancy, Tom, 1947- (1991)

* Never send your password in cleartext across the Internet by using something like telnet or FTP. ❋ John Goerzen (N/A)

About 76% of the apps tested stored cleartext usernames on the devices ❋ Unknown (2011)

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