Re: What is APOP?

[Troy Frericks]

At 07:11 PM 7/2/2000 , Tom Fishwick wrote:
>Adam McKenna wrote:
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>auth.  Sure it's not totally secure, but I think it protects well enough 
>against the average user
>that checks for new mail every 5 min.

Especially (as was pointed out earlier) since the item the password is
protecting was sent over the internet in clear text.  That's why most
people are only slightly concerned about POP, not overly concerned.
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>> --Adam