> All the authentication options you mention after plain text (which is the > standard method built in to the protocol) require Cyrus SASL. This isn't as > scary to set up as the docs make it sound. PLAIN and LOGIN can both use your > existing user passwords (which is what I do). GSSAPI requires Kerberos, and > the digest methods (the -MD5 ones) need a separate file of passwords held in > plain text - the sasldb. Of the passwd-based methods, PLAIN is the preferred > protocol according to the docs and RFCs - LOGIN is the one Microsoft uses (go > figure).
Thanks, that's almost all of what I needed there. You insinuated (but I don't think explicitly stated) that LOGIN is in fact encrypted in some form? Thanks, -Jim Stapleton _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"