>lusers are idiots and it's amazing how freely they will give their passwords away.:-(
Well, actually the RFC1725 for the POP3 clearly defines unencrypted passwords for authentication. A thing to remember next time you check your private mail from anywhere else but inside your providers network...
+RFC 1725 POP3 +November 1994 + Examples: + C: USER mrose + S: +OK mrose is a real hoopy frood + C: PASS secret + S: +OK mrose's maildrop has 2 +messages (320 octets) +...
BTW, there is a RFC1734 which adds a IMAP-style AUTH command to the POP AFAI can see.
It is not only to who you give your password, but also over which connections it reaches its destination...
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>lusers are idiots and it's amazing how freely they will give their passwords away. :-(
...
Well, actually the RFC1725 for the POP3 clearly defines unencrypted passwords for authentication.
A thing to remember next time you check your private mail from anywhere else but inside your providers network...
+RFC 1725 POP3 +November 1994
+ Examples:
+ C: USER mrose
+ S: +OK mrose is a real hoopy frood
+ C: PASS secret
+ S: +OK mrose's maildrop has 2 +messages (320 octets)
+
BTW, there is a RFC1734 which adds a IMAP-style AUTH command to the POP AFAI can see.
It is not only to who you give your password, but also over which connections it reaches its destination...