Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 20:00:54 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Pop passwords (Was: Recent Virus Attacks) Message-ID: <14856.46038.640800.870554@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <65712050@toto.iv>
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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> types: > On Thursday, 2 November 2000 at 22:39:16 -0600, Jusitn W. Pauler wrote: > > I use fetchmail to download mail to sendmail and cucipop to allow me > > to grab it from my windows box. > If I'm not mistaken, both of these programs send your passwords in the > clear. Not a good idea. 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. In this case, cucipop is apparently running on the local network, which should be shielded from prying eyes. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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