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Date:      Sun, 27 May 2001 15:10:30 +1000
From:      BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   IMAP Security
Message-ID:  <2a67fc2a574c.2a574c2a67fc@mbox.com.au>

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Hi everyone,

I was just wondering does the IMAP protocol suffer the same security 
problems as POP3 (ie cleartext passwords). I noticed that dsniff does 
not pick up IMAP passwords but DOES pick up POP3 passwords. Does this 
mean that IMAP is more secure?

Thanks all....



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