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   Message 2,266 of 3,070   
   Oli to Alan Ianson   
   Winpoint mailer   
   05 Feb 21 10:13:05   
   
   MSGID: 2:280/464.47 601d0c1c   
   REPLY: 592.fido-points@1:153/757.2 2482348c   
   PID: JamNNTPd/Linux 1   
   CHRS: LATIN-1 2   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   TID: CrashMail II/Linux 1.7   
   Alan wrote (2021-02-05):   
      
    Ol>> define 'secure' ;)   
      
    Ol>> "grep CRYPT" doesn't return a match on the Winpoint files.   
      
    AI> I'm not sure that CRYPT is all that secure either, but I guess it is   
    AI> better than nothing.   
      
   It obfuscates most of the data stream. I doubt that any agency is   
   automatically decrypting binkp data that's on the wire. Biggest disadvantage   
   with CRYPT is that it requires a shared password.   
      
    AI> If we can authenticate with a password, hopefully a   
    AI> CRAM-MD5 handshake that will do.   
      
   "grep CRAM-MD5" returns a match on WpointII.exe.   
      
    AI> Winpoint is being updated I think, so there is hope that winpoints   
    AI> shortcomings (if any) can be improved upon.   
      
   Where can I find the sources?   
      
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