On 2/4/16 6:24 PM, Jan Parcel via Cyrus-devel wrote:
I think there MUST be a way to use libsasl with smtp without storing passwords in the clear, and ESPECIALLY not on each local system, but nowhere in the docs is an example for how to do so.
This used to be possible using DIGEST-MD5, where the server stores MD5(username:realm:password) instead of the plaintext password. This is still a password equivalent, but only for the same realm (where you can define the realm as a single host, or service, or company, or...).
Sadly, Cyrus SASL removed support for this long ago, and now requires the plaintext password be stored for anything other than auth methods that send the password in the clear. Nobody ever explained what the reasoning was for this change, and it still makes me sad.
-- Carson
