tahoe-lafs/newsfragments/3827.security

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2021-10-26 00:47:35 +00:00
The SFTP server no longer accepts password-based credentials for authentication.
Public/private key-based credentials are now the only supported authentication type.
This removes plaintext password storage from the SFTP credentials file.
It also removes a possible timing side-channel vulnerability which might have allowed attackers to discover an account's plaintext password.