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Re:Newegg stores your password in plaintext by dfox on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @05:52AM (#2583440)
ISPs providing any kind of authenticated PPP store your password in cleartext, because PPP authentication does not work without storing cleartext passwords.
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Re:Newegg stores your password in plaintext by tptacek on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @08:17AM (#2583687)
PAP doesn't require the server to store cleartext passwords.
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