Re: POP3 passwords

["Hendra Santosa" <hendra () srd co id>]

On our internal network we successfully implement POP3 over SSL/TLS and VLAN
between sites but to our 6.000 external clients who use default setting on
email application which is POP3, enforcing SSL/TLS is not that easy.

Regards,

cyhss

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zachary Mutrux" <zmutrux () compumentor org>
To: "Security-Basics" <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 6:40 AM
Subject: POP3 passwords


> Why has it not been a bigger problem that POP3 passwords are unencrypted
> when sent over the public Internet? Seems like they would be pretty easy
for
> a miscreant to steal.
>
> zm
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