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January 2001, Week 3

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Re: Encrypted passwords (was: Samba revisited ...) - How to?
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Gibson Nichols <[log in to unmask]>
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Gibson Nichols <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:31:33 -0600
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Okay, so how should a well behaved HP e3000 do authenticate the logon
(VT session)? Should we avoid VT?  Does telnet do the same clear text
password?

Michael L Gueterman <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:94026501ai3@enews1.newsguy.com...
>   I wanted to reiterate another point that seems to have gotten
> lost along the way....Every time you log in via a Virtual Terminal
> session, you send your password(s) in clear text to the 3000.
> You may have them encoded for you part of the way (ex. VPN),
> but at least for that last segment, its clear-text.  If you worry
> about Samba using clear-text authentication, you should be
> equally worried about VT.
>
> Regards,
> Michael L Gueterman
> Easy Does It Technologies LLC
> SIGWeb Co-Chair
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