Integrated Windows Authentication

I have read somewhere that Basic Authentication should be avoided
because it sends passwords in clear text and that Integrated Windows
Authentication only works with Internet Explorer on a Windows
computer. I have a website in IIS with only Integrated Windows
Authentication enabled and not anonymous or Basic Authentication
enabled. I have installed Mozilla on the computed and could log on
with no problem. I then booted from a Knoppix Live CD on another
computer and again logged on using Firefox with no problem. I then did
a TCP/IP trace of the network traffic while I logged onto the site in
Knoppix and could not find any password. Why is this?

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