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   Message 163 of 1,458   
   Roy Witt to Kevin Klement   
   packet/session   
   17 Jan 11 10:11:14   
   
   16 Jan 11 13:22, Kevin Klement wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    KK> Hi Roy,   
      
    KK> Thursday January 13 2011 12:37, Roy Witt wrote to Kevin Klement:   
      
    >> 'session' and see if he complains about not being able to   
    >> un-pack your packets. :o) If not, then you're both on the   
    >> same page.   
      
    KK> From: Charles Cruden   
      
    KK> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:10 PM   
    KK> To: Kevin Klement   
    KK> Subject: Re: passwords   
      
    KK> I think that depends on the transport mechanism you're using.   
    KK> (BinkP, FTP, email, whatever.)   
      
   I think a packet password would apply to all of those. It's no longer a   
   matter of transport, but a matter of which tosser/unpacker is in use.   
      
    KK> If I remember, for some of those the packet password IS the session   
    KK> password. Also, it's possible that the program at the other end   
    KK> doesn't differentiate, so he may only have set a packet password as   
    KK> far as he's concerned, but his mailer checks session passwords   
    KK> against that too.   
      
   I use FE, which does differentiate between session and packet passwords,   
   so I can't speak for those that don't. IMO, if a mailer uses a packet   
   password as the session password too, it must have powers like those   
   of 'the Great Carmack' and can know what the password is before attempting   
   to unpak it.   
      
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