From: Nate Smith <NSMITH5@...>
Date: 2006-03-10T05:46:12+09:00
Subject: Obfuscating/suppressing password output in TCPSocket?

Hello,

I'm attempting to suppress the output of a password that is sent via  
a TCPSocket. If I have the following code:

server = TCPServer.new( '127.0.0.1', 8888 )
socket = server.accept()  # socket is now a TCPSocket
password = socket.gets()

is there a simple way to suppress the password on the client side  
(I.E., turn off client-side echoing of the password)? I know there is  
a way to do this with sockets in C, but can't figure out a way with  
TCPSocket. Thanks!

Nate