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Re: Clarification of when authentication is used

Fred Baker <fbaker@acc.com> Wed, 03 August 1994 15:50 UTC

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From: Fred Baker <fbaker@acc.com>
Subject: Re: Clarification of when authentication is used
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>> The thing is,
>> we've now mixed two very different applications with one mechanism.

>That's a good point.  I guess that, for simple password, you must
>authenticate the queries, lest you give away the password.  For MD5,
>you don't, by default, authenticate queries.  I guess the MD5 proposal
>should include a statement about an optional switch which may be used
>to turn query authentication, when using MD5, on.

OK

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