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Re: [tor-talk] IMAPS login errors



On 2/9/14 12:11 AM, arnst@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm using IMAPS over Tor for email purposes.  Sporadically I get
'password incorrect' errors which usually go away when I click 'Retry'.
  Is this some kind of MitM attack?

That's not enough information to judge.

Assuming the attacker doesn't have a valid certificate, Thunderbird would give you a certificate warning upon connection, not after sending any password.

It could as well be the legitimate IMAP server, plainly failing to authenticate you.
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