Re: encrypted passwords with pop3/imap/...?
Michael Stone wrote:
> Quoting Ulisses Alonso Camaro (ulisses@pusa.eleinf.uv.es):
> > I would like to know if there are enhanced pop/imap servers that
> > provide a way to authentificate login/passwords encrypted so sniffers
> > can't get it... if this does exist... what clients does support it?
> > (for windows and unix)
>
> qpopper supports apop on the server side, and Eudora does on the client.
> I don't know about other clients. The down side is that you need to
> maintain a seperate passwd database for qpopper.
I should point out in case it's not apparent that *any* implementation of APOP
will require a separate (and plaintext!) password file. This is due to the
nature of the protocol.
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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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