On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 06:47:07PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote:

> > define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl
> > TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl
> > define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl
> > 
> > This works just fine and authenticates a user against a system account.
> > 
> > Can anyone confirm this is sent via plain text?  I'm pretty sure it is.
> > Assuming it is how can SASL support some kind of encryption?  Or how can
> > I make itauthenticate against /etc/sasldb
> 
> IIRC, LOGIN and PLAIN are plain-text and should not be used.  If you
> remove them, and advertise only DIGEST-MD5 and CRAM-MD5, clients should
> use them.

LOGIN and PLAIN are safe if used over TLS. I believe sendmail also has
support for TLS now.

-- 
Anand Buddhdev
Personal site: http://anand.org



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