Matthew,

PAP is an authentication protocol. ASCII is a letter-encoding scheme. Neither 
one is an encryption protocol. Passing ASCII over PAP is called "clear text"...

Steve

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 On Behalf Of Matthew Benjamin
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 8:57 AM
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Subject: PAP-ascii (is it safe to use)?

Can someone tell me if PAP-ASCII is safe to use as an password encryption 
protocol?

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mB.
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