Evgeniy Berdnikov <[email protected]> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 05:26:57PM +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>> 
>> Before I go pester someone else, my last question:
>> 
>> For this example account, the AUTHENTICATE string should, as I
>> understand it, be derivable like this:
>> 
>> $ pas=$(echo -en "\[email protected]\0ThisIsMyPassword" | base64)
>> 
>> If I telnet into my local dovecot server, and issue ", authenticate
>> plain", together with the string from above, it logs in correctly.
>
>  Are strings identical that you posted here and have entered by hands?
>  Run "base64 -d" to decode and compare. Their contents are different.

And with that I realize that I have also effectively posted my remote
email password in a trivially-decodable format! Already changed.

This definitely means it's time for dinner and a beer.


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