Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:32:08 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>, Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>, "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@geekpunk.net>, Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>, Evan Dower <evantd@hotmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cyrus vs. UW IMAP (was: Re: I Volunteer) Message-ID: <3D13B778.1BB52411@mindspring.com> References: <20020621154902.O79338-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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Chris Dillon wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > It has functionality that can not be implemented without adding to > > how UNIX does things. Basically, it needs to be able to hook the > > account constructor/destructor. > > It's quite simple to integrate Cyrus IMAP with the local system. > Cyrus will by default use the system password database for its > authentication, While I appreciate the positive support of Cyrus, I guess I need to point out that this approach only works if you are willing to send passwords over the wire in plaintext. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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