![]() ![]() A fully functional prototype implementation of the technique is also developed. We present a technique to authenticate the user in a secure manner without changing either the client or the server software from the base POP3 RFC Standards. infrastructure on the server or they require a shared secret to be stored in plain text on the client and the server. But all of the solutions suffer from either that they require a significant security. There have been several attempts at modifications to the protocol to remedy this situation. A major security problem has long been known in that the POP3 protocol may transmit the user's username and password in clear text over the network. The POP3 mail server is in wide use throughout the Internet.
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