[nflug] SMTP Auth

[Robert Wolfe]

Mark Musone wrote:
> It's in the AUTH command in the SMTP session. For example:
>
>    S: 250-smtp.example.com Hello client.example.com
>    S: 250 AUTH GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN
>    C: AUTH PLAIN dGVzdAB0ZXN0ADEyMzQ=
>    S: 235 2.7.0 Authentication successful
>
> In this example, it's using the AUTH PLAIN mechanism (there's many that can
> be used and negotiated, for example LOGIN, GSSAPI, MD5, KERBEROS..etc..
> For AUTH PLAIN, it's a base-64 encoding of the username and password..
>
> Mark
>   

Unfortunately, I believe this is in MD5 encryption.  Is there any way to 
_decrypt_ the contents of the AUTH PLAIN statement by any chance?

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Robert Wolfe
Systems Administrator
LocalNet Corp.
CoreComm Internet Services
(517) 664-8924