(sorry for top posting, limitation of gmail for mobile) Frankly, how do you expect hackers to sniff your password on the wire between you and the server? (maybe on shared cable segment?) I'm not saying that I'd feel comfortable sending password in the clear, but what REALLY are the practical risks?
Cheers, Amos (connected to gmail over ssl :) On 9/12/08, Oron Peled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, 11 בSeptember 2008, Noam Rathaus wrote: >> The credentials for the SMTP were the same as that for the POP3 account >> they >> used, and of course the same ones for the ADSL login (without the @Bezint >> thingy). > > That's very wise.... especially without any SSL/TLS support ;-) > > * I had a discussion with them about it a few months ago. > * I would be more than happy to know they bothered doing something > about it. > * One of their support people even "explained" to me how using > ftp for uploading my home page is a security feature because > the password is hidden in the protocol (it wasn't April 1st). > > [not that the other existing ISP's are better] > > Cheers, > > -- > Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron > "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because > that would also stop you from doing clever things." > --Doug Gwyn > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com
