On Monday 02 April 2001 19:43, you wrote: > > I was looking at etc/sysconfig/draknet.adsl_pppoe and my > > username and pass to login to my ISP account was in plain text, > > viewable by anyone..Is this normal? > > Yes, slip & ppp (pppoe) are not encrypted. There is another > log-in protocol, older (I forget just now what that is), which > is, but, as I understand it that was never standardized. > > A friend of mine who runs a large user isp, & my Web host, told > me long ago when I'd realized what you have that it's not > considered that important. Particularly, since one is ~supposed~ > to change one's password regularly. > > Meph Thanks U for the reply Meph, I was a little concern..
