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Re: Sniffing Mail Traffic - Outlook --> Exchange Server


From: "Charles Hardin" <fonestorm () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:08:24 -0500

By default outlook uses mapi, not imap.

On 10 Jan 2008 09:14:27 -0000,  <sfmailsbm () gmail com> wrote:
Dear list,

I wanted to demonstrate to management that traffic in clear text are vulnerable to sniffing, and to do this I wanted 
to sniff mail traffic:


I am trying to monitor the traffic between my Outlook Client and my Exchange (2003) server


Normally the protocol used for communication is IMAP, which is not encrypted


However wireshark gives we traffic log for only TCP and DCERPC protocols


Could you please help? Am i missing something here?


Many many thanks





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