Re: POP3 passwords

From: Phillip McCollum (pmccollum_at_sanmanuel.com)
Date: 10/22/03

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    Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:35:43 -0700
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com

    <<I forgot to hit the Reply All on this one.. Sorry about that!>>

    Well with DOCSIS, the chances of being sniffed are pretty much
    moot. Here's a good paper:

    http://www.sans.org/rr/papers/26/623.pdf

    HTH,
    Phillip

    At 09:22 AM 10/20/2003, you wrote:

    >Broadband like a cable modem, on the other hand, is indeed wide open. Why
    >it's not such a big problem, I don't know. Perhaps the miscreants are
    >having more fun examining unprotected local shares on windows boxes, and
    >just stealing the Outlook PST files directly.
    >
    >
    >
    >"Zachary Mutrux" <zmutrux@compumentor.org>
    >10/17/2003 06:40 PM
    >
    >To
    >"Security-Basics" <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    >cc
    >
    >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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