They also store ftp and database user passwords in clear text. In fact, the used to show the ftp user passwords in their control panel. Now it's hidden, but you can still access ftp user passwords via their api and you can get MySQL user passwords by doing a "one-click install" of something and then opening the config file.

We do not store control panel passwords "in the clear". They are stored as a hash and in a reversibly encrypted form; access to the plaintext passwords is heavily logged. We are considering removing it entirely -- the only reason we currently store panel passwords in any reversible format is because we frequently get emails from users who have forgotten their panel password and want us to email it to them.

Ah, Dreamhost. Where I got this support answer gem for a load average of 15+ on my shared server:

After looking at the ping and traceroutes, this is not an issue of server slowness, but of the connection slowness from DE to the United States, and as such there is nothing I can do to assist you in this matter.

Network Solutions also stores FTP passwords in cleartext, and anyone with access to the overall account can easily look them up.

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