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author | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2007-04-06 18:01:39 +0000 |
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committer | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2007-04-06 18:01:39 +0000 |
commit | 0e7ff9cb9b8483e188febe76ccffefb66d75c97e (patch) | |
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Flank APOP by comments about it being insecure.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 034a4111..f6b26e93 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -627,11 +627,12 @@ autoprobe facility will detect it and tell you if you have it). If you see something in the greeting line that looks like an angle-bracket-enclosed Internet address with a numeric left-hand part, that's an APOP challenge (it will vary each time you log in). -You can register a secret on the host (using -<code>popauth(8)</code> or some program like it). Specify the +For some hosts, you need to register a secret on the host (using +<code>popauth(8)</code> or some program like that). Specify the secret as your password in your .fetchmailrc; it will be used to encrypt the current challenge, and the encrypted form will be sent -back the the server for verification.</p> +back the the server for verification. Note that APOP is no longer +considered secure since March 2007.</p> <p>Alternatively, you may have Kerberos available. This may require you to set up some magic files in your home directory on your @@ -647,8 +648,8 @@ present by looking for AUTH=KERBEROS_V4 in the CAPABILITY response.</p> <p>If you are fetching mail from a CompuServe POP3 account, you can -use their RPA authentication (which works much like APOP). See <a -href="#I1">I1</a> for details. If you are fetching mail from +use their RPA authentication. See <a href="#I1">I1</a> for details. +If you are fetching mail from Microsoft Exchange using IMAP, you will be able to use NTLM.</p> <p>Your POP3 server may have the RFC1938 OTP capability to use |