[BlueOnyx:05083] Re: OT get username + password from pop3 connections

[Klein Joachim]

Hy Kit!

You can get the Passwort with a Network sniffer.
The POP3 is sending the Passwort in clear text.
you can use the following two tools
tcpdump (is installed on BO/BQ)
wireshark

Hope it helps
Joachim


Am 20.07.2010 20:40, schrieb Kit Wong:
> Hi all
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> It may sound stupid but I have a client who has a pop3 connector that connects to my bluequartz to pick up emails. The trouble is that he doesn't know how to change the password on his system but I had to change it my end and I don't know the original one I sent him.
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> The question is: is there a way to view what his server is using to try to authenticate? I know the username and am getting a lot of failures in var/log/maillog and also /var/log/messages
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> It's dovecot / sendmail bluequartz if it helps. I know this
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> Thanks in advance
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