In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Garrett Wollman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <<On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 11:09:27 -0700 (PDT), John Polstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > The trouble with this is that your password will be sent unencrypted
> > across the Internet, very possibly hitting a sniffer or two along the
> > way. It's better to insist on chap and fix the broken peers.
>
> Actually, no: the other side, which considers itself a server, doesn't
> want to authenticate *itself* in any way to clients (since Windows
> clients have no way to accept server authentication). It's perfectly
> happy to have clients authenticate themselves.
Oh. I haven't actually sniffed it, so I'll assume you're right. I
apologize for the misinformation.
John
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