[lug] fetchmail

[Calvin Dodge]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 01:49:47PM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> John Hernandez wrote:
> > 
> encrypt the pass with something better than xor, but not necessarily
> strong encryption (script kiddies don't usually know how to decrypt
> without a script for the particular scenario). 

True.  But _if_ you're using plain old (non-encrypted) POP3, then a script kiddie who roots your box can get it by sniffing the POP3 traffic.

Calvin
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