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[jira] [Closed] (JAMES-3636) IMAP plainAuthDisallowed should be
true by default
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-3636?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Benoit Tellier closed JAMES-3636.
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Resolution: Fixed
Contributed by https://github.com/apache/james-project/pull/613
> IMAP plainAuthDisallowed should be true by default
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> Key: JAMES-3636
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-3636
> Project: James Server
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: IMAPServer
> Affects Versions: 3.6.0
> Reporter: Benoit Tellier
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 3.7.0
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> Encouraging non encrypted login is definitely a bad practice and could lead to session fixation (where the attacker logs in first then the victim do not realize it's login fails).
> We should make the safe 'plainAuthDisallowed' option the default everywhere.
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