Outlook is best run over PPTP or VPN.
POP3S, port 995, POP3 over TLS/SSL would also work.
More than just a password should be encrypted.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Hemingway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:56 AM
To: Akbar Ali; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Outlook & FTP Passwords
I believe using APOP will encrypt the POP3 password. As for FTP, you
should
install OpenSSH and use SFTP as that encrypts the password.
-Matt
On Thursday 08 November 2001 20:21, Akbar Ali wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to encrypt passwords for Outlook & FTP? I ran a
sniffing
> tool & it was able to detect the passwords for POP3 clients,FTP & HTTP
> requests.!! Can someone tel me how to encrypt passwords for these
tools?
> Thanx in advance.
>
> Ali
