On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 09:29:45PM +0100, Pieter Hintjens wrote:
> 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
I ment pointless for security.
MfG
Goswin
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