Messages in this thread |  | | From | Herbert Rosmanith <> | Subject | Re: Passwords & telnet/ftp | Date | Fri, 7 Jun 1996 10:31:36 +0200 (MET DST) |
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> I was thinking of the way passwords are transmitted with telnet and ftp, > and was wondering whay passwords are not first encypted at the client side > then sent over to the server side, then checked against the shadow/passwd > file. congratulations, you just invented "kerberos" ... [] > thought that password were UUencoded then sent over the network. Is this true? ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ what a truly secure method of transmitting passwords ...
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