On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Goswin von Brederlow <[email protected]> wrote:

> Obviously NULL is pointless. But so is password. A password can be
> captured and reused so anyone can simply steal your account. So that
> leaves public/private key pair.

They're not quite pointless... :) NULL is compatible with existing
deployments. That's proven to be a useful thing. PLAIN is a template
for other mechanisms. It's simple and yet has a real handshake.

There's a whole thread a few months back on certificates. It's worth
re-reading that IMO before discussing again. It gets complex, fast
though.

-Pieter
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