Re: Blocking POP3 and IMAP

[Michael Sinatra <michael () RANCID BERKELEY EDU>]

Pace, Guy wrote:
> If you have anything on your network that sniffs in/outbound traffic,
> you can show your POP3 and IMAP die-hards the plain text username and
> password packets passed back and forth via these protocols (and, you
> know how easy it is to sniff traffic). If they still gripe, show them
> your institution's Acceptable Use Policy (you do have one, right?) that
> addresses the consequences of exposing or sharing passwords (it does
> include that, right?).

Sorry, in my response to Gary, I just assumed that those folks had
already moved beyond plain-text POP and IMAP and were using the TLSified
versions.

michael