From: Marvin Greenlee (marvingreenlee@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Dec 27 2003 - 14:36:20 GMT-3
Pap not only sends the full password, but sends it
across the line in clear text (sniffable). Chap will
not send any part of the password, but will send a
hash value.
Sincerely,
Marvin Greenlee
--- Daniel Garrity <ccie@garrityfamily.com> wrote:
> Question asks to use ppp and an authentication type
> that does NOT send
> the full password. I can't seem to find any
> references to this. PAP
> sends the full password as clear text and CHAP sends
> a hash of the
> password. I would guess it is CHAP, but can anyone
> shed some light on
> this for me.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
>
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