Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 08:19:07 +0100 (CET) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: gdunn@mac.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pop passwords (Was: Recent Virus Attacks) Message-ID: <XFMail.001117081907.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <00111609300200.01787@shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil>
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On 16-Nov-00 Gary Dunn wrote: > On Tue, 07 Nov 2000, Mike Meyer wrote: > >> >> Both POP and IMAP protocols have features that let you avoid sending >> passwords in the clear. Fetchmail implements a fair collection of them >> from the client side. I'm not sure what cucipop supports from the >> server side. I > > Is there a simple way to determine whether or not passwords are going out > clear > text? Can I look for something in a log file? You can install a password sniffer to find out. Or careful use of tcpdump can get the same effect. But they are probably in clear text anyway. > -- > == Gary Dunn > == Honolulu > == Open Slate Project > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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