You are correct, the username and password is plain text, if that's the authentication method used. Use SSL POP3 (Port 995) to make it secure.
k -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Matt Plahtinsky Sent: 05 February 2003 21:18 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: POP3 bad? Question? When a user from out side your firewall connects to exchange via POP3 and logs in. Is that username and password sent in clear text? Is there any security involved in this process? If not someone sniffing in the middle just got a username and password for your domain. I am a newbie to Exchange and security -----Original Message----- From: Bingel, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: POP3 bad? Justification to management? -----Original Message----- From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: POP3 bad? If he already wants to shut it off why does he need any reasons? -----Original Message----- From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:10 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: POP3 bad? Are they any reasons to disable POP3 for use by users on a E2K setup? Security or any other? Customer would like to shut it off but needs reasons why POP3 should be shutdown. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
