Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!think!ames!ncar!gatech!purdue!decwrl!ucbvax!SCORE.STANFORD.EDU!VAF From: VAF@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU (Vince Fuller) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Password transmission and encryption query Message-ID: <12397546524.36.VAF@Score.Stanford.EDU> Date: 11 May 88 21:17:02 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 9 Recently, some people here have begun to grumble about the insecurities of having user passwords transmitted in the clear during TELNET sessions, FTP transfers, etc. I was wondering what solutions other places have devised to deal with this problem. I'd appreciate any information that TCP-IP readers have and any pointers to more information. Vince Fuller, Stanford Networking Systems -------