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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index a77926de..01d5e62e 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -777,10 +777,9 @@ can protect you from a passive eavesdropper it doesn't help against an active attacker. It's clearly an improvement over sending the passwords in clear but you should be aware that a man-in-the-middle attack is trivially possible (in particular with tools such as dsniff, -http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/). Therefore and if possible, -the use of an appropriately ssh tunnel (see below for some examples) -is preferable if you seriously care about the security of your -mailbox. +http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/). Use of an ssh tunnel (see +below for some examples) is preferable if you care seriously about the +security of your mailbox. .SH DAEMON MODE The |