From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82705 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Current git HEAD nnimap doesn't do cram-md5 auth Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:13:00 +0100 Organization: Probably a good idea Message-ID: <87wqw7kps3.fsf@dod.no> References: <87oc80y8w5.fsf@dod.no> <87mxnja1cv.fsf@dod.no> <874o9rxa7l.fsf@dod.no> <877grxhi7r.fsf@dod.no> <87623r41re.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356390853 31413 80.91.229.3 (24 Dec 2012 23:14:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 23:14:13 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30971@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Dec 25 00:14:29 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 1TnHE4-0004yi-LP for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:14:28 +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 1TnHD2-0002zu-3p; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:13:24 -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 1TnHCy-0002zS-Rh for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:13:20 -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 1TnHCt-0005HU-4L for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:13:20 -0600 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnHCr-0007Fe-4j for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:13:13 +0100 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TnHD1-0003wI-Gw for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:13:23 +0100 Original-Received: from 178.16.69.64 ([178.16.69.64]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:13:23 +0100 Original-Received: from sb by 178.16.69.64 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:13:23 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 178.16.69.64 Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4aDTcmFFtlQbYadlZIbDgTTd7d8= X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:82705 Archived-At: >>>>> Lars Ingebrigtsen : > 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.