Do not require setting proxy password in environment variable
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Description
Description
The FAQ states to use an environment variable with a password in order to authenticate to a proxy. This exposes the user's password to any application with access to the environment variables.
Expected behavior
Although I strongly disagree with the approach of using an environment variable for this purpose, I understand for some use cases this is valid. For users who would prefer to provide credentials at run/build time, please prompt the user for the credentials if they were not provided in the environment variable.
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Research direction
Start with the FAQ guidance and trace how Paket obtains proxy credentials during run or build operations. Determine where authentication is handled when the environment variable is absent; done means users can be prompted for credentials without requiring the password in an environment variable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- fsharp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100