From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82708 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Current git HEAD nnimap doesn't do cram-md5 auth Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:40:50 +0100 Message-ID: <87r4meuzp9.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87oc80y8w5.fsf@dod.no> <87mxnja1cv.fsf@dod.no> <874o9rxa7l.fsf@dod.no> <877grxhi7r.fsf@dod.no> <87623r41re.fsf@gnus.org> <87wqw7kps3.fsf@dod.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356435701 6187 80.91.229.3 (25 Dec 2012 11:41:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:41:41 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30974@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Dec 25 12:41:54 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TnStN-00026S-Jq for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:41:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1TnSsj-0006AD-Sb; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:41:13 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1TnSsi-00069y-75 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:41:12 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TnSsd-0006rk-E7 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:41:12 -0600 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnSsc-00078A-1K for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:41:06 +0100 Original-Received: from ip-90-20-179-93.dialup.ice.net ([93.179.20.90] helo=rusty) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnSsR-0007El-1N for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:40:55 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Winston Tong's _Theoretically Chinese_ In-Reply-To: <87wqw7kps3.fsf@dod.no> (Steinar Bang's message of "Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:13:00 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1TnSsR-0007El-1N MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1357040456.54552@2cKDwjFSlej8yuCxqw9axg X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:82708 Archived-At: Steinar Bang writes: >> What's the advantage of CRAM-MD5 over PLAIN over encrypted connections? > > It's an extra layer of safety. > > Even if the encryption is broken, the password isn't revealed. What you > see is useless for replay attacks. Right. I've now expanded `nnimap-authentication' to allow specifying the login method to be used. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen