BIND 10 #2716: password in ~/.bind10/default_user.csv is cleartext

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#2716: password in ~/.bind10/default_user.csv is cleartext
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            Reporter:  cas           |                         Type:
              Status:  new           |  defect
           Milestone:  New Tasks     |                     Priority:
            Keywords:                |  medium
           Sensitive:  0             |                    Component:
         Sub-Project:  DNS           |  Unclassified
Estimated Difficulty:  0             |                 CVSS Scoring:
         Total Hours:  0             |              Defect Severity:  N/A
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                                     |                    Internal?:  0
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 the password for bindctl is stored in clear text. Although the file is
 proteced by user permissions, it might end up where un-authoritized
 persons can read it (in a backup, disk removed from server etc).

 if possible the password should be stored as a salted hash

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