Subject: bug#8427: [SECURITY] sql.el -- comint process passwords are leaked to ps(1) listing

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:02:36 -0500

> Apparently, no they cannot, since mysql replaces the password characters
> with x's:

Of course, that still leaves the chars exposed during a short time window.

        Stefan