> I think you're right. Does this mean anyone could easily intercept my > login and password and log in as me?
The basic answer for this is "yes". Definitely your password could be intercepted and used by others. But consider for a minute what is involved with that... Someone floating out there on the net would have to be intercepting packets. And the packets that you're sending would need to flow over the same path to the endpoint (not guaranteed by IP). And they would need to be able to filter the mass of packets going by their system to get the one(s) with your password information. And they would initially have to identify a need to get your password in order to target your packets for capture. Granted all of this is indeed doable, but IMHO it's like looking for a particular atom in a haystack, let alone the needle... -- [email protected] mailing list
