README: Add warning about env var security

2012-04-12 00:43:23 -04:00
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@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ Getting Mosh
  packages for many operating systems, as well as instructions for building
  from source.

+  Note that `mosh-client` receives an AES session key as an environment
+  variable.  If you are porting Mosh to a new operating system, please make
+  sure that a running process's environment variables are not readable by other
+  users.  We have confirmed that this is the case on GNU/Linux, OS X, and
+  FreeBSD.
+
 Usage
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