R: pop3 over telnet and clear text passwords

["Francesco Trentini - uff. EDP" <francesco.t () acerbis it>]

The connection in plain pop3 is always in clear; if you just want to hide
what you are typing just suppress local echo on the telnet client and type
blindly.



-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Murad Talukdar [mailto:talukdar_m () subway com]
Inviato: giovedì 1 aprile 2004 5.47
A: security-basics () lists securityfocus com
Oggetto: pop3 over telnet and clear text passwords

I often use pop3 over telnet to check on email boxes some users have.(ie
that they've been setup properly) How do I mask the fact that the
username/password is transmitted as clear text?(If I can?) Thanks Murad
Talukdar






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