Re: Looking for Unix-based POP3 server implementing APOP
Glenn Anderson <glenn.anderson@library.otago.ac.nz> Sun, 25 September 1994 21:14 UTC
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 08:34:05 +1200
To: Skip Montanaro <skip@automatrix.com>, ietf-pop3@andrew.cmu.edu
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From: Glenn Anderson <glenn.anderson@library.otago.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: Looking for Unix-based POP3 server implementing APOP
At 5:05pm 23/9/1994, Skip Montanaro wrote: >I was pointed to this group by an automated reply from Marshall Rose. I >apologize if it's the wrong group to ask the following: > >I would like to find a POP3 server for Unix (Linux or Sun) that implements >the APOP command. Free or commercial products are welcome. Unfortunately it is technically impossible to implement APOP on unix because unix uses a one way encryption method for passwords. This means that the POP3 server can not get a clear text version of the password which is required for the APOP algorithm. Glenn. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Glenn Anderson, Microcomputer Specialist, Systems ! ! University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. +64 03 479 8928 ! ! "Knowledge is like a jigsaw puzzle, no matter how many pieces you've got, ! ! if you can't put them together, you won't see the whole picture" ! +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Opinions are not necessarily those of my employer. ! +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- Looking for Unix-based POP3 server implementing A… Skip Montanaro
- Re: Looking for Unix-based POP3 server implementi… Glenn Anderson
- Re: Looking for Unix-based POP3 server implementi… Mark Crispin
- Re: Looking for Unix-based POP3 server implementi… Marshall Rose