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From: Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman <buanzo@××××××××××.ar>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Way OT - Question about Squirrelmail and authentication
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:28:53
Message-Id: 438E348E.4080907@buanzo.com.ar
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Way OT - Question about Squirrelmail and authentication by Michael Sullivan
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4 Michael Sullivan wrote:
5 > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 19:56 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
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7 >>Squirrelmail is an IMAP client. So, it takes the username and password and uses that to validate
8 >>against the IMAP server.
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10 > I know it takes a username and password, but HOW does it compare that
11 > username and password against the user database?
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13 I told you: Squirrelmail uses the IMAP protocol to connect to a configured IMAP server. Thus, the
14 IMAP server compares against some user database. And I say "some" because the backend will depend on
15 the IMAP server implementation...
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18 Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - www.buanzo.com.ar
19 Consultor en Seguridad Informatica / Dominio Digital TV - Da FOSS man!
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22 Romper un sistema de seguridad los acerca tanto a ser hackers como el
23 encender autos puenteando los convierte en ingenieros automotrices.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Way OT - Question about Squirrelmail and authentication Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>