Does Maven3 require me to store my username and password for my authenticating proxy?

The question kind of says it all.

With Maven3 -- is it requisite to store my username and password in plain text via conf/settings.xml?

I had originally stored th开发者_如何学运维em, and since removed them. Now I can download dependencies .. but i'm unsure as to whether the settings have been cached or not.

I'm not sure if the encryption works for the proxy password as well...Just give it a try.