Re: tlug: Re: IMAP implementations

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

>>>>> "Steve" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull@example.com> writes:

    Steve> There was a mention of IMAP security issues.  That was with
    Steve> respect to the UW implementation.  I don't see why IMAP as
    Steve> specified by the RFC need be insecure (of course, one has
    Steve> to be careful about buffering, requiring communication via
    Steve> netstrings or IMAP literals instead of permitting ordinary
    Steve> strings would help, so IMAP could be better).

What are "netstrings"?

Andy
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