on Thu, 31 Jan 2008
21:53:09 -0800
> Hmmm. If you were able to see the password that means e-mail passwords are sent to the mail server
> in the clear
That is correct for POP and unencrypted SMTP traffic (which is most SMTP
traffic from email clients).
> and are not secret after the first use.
Well its not really that bad. To see your password someone would have to have
control of a computer between your computer and the server you are getting your
email from so they could capture the IP traffic. In this case you captured the
IP traffic at your computer and put it on the internet.
--
Robert Blair
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