Comment by gruez
1 month ago
I don't think there's any evidence that windows sends cleartext passwords. The whole reason why NTLM is a thing is to avoid sending cleartext passwords.
1 month ago
I don't think there's any evidence that windows sends cleartext passwords. The whole reason why NTLM is a thing is to avoid sending cleartext passwords.
Outlook appears to be
The 'https://' disagrees with your 'sending clear text passwords' statement.
It’s clear text to the receiving server, which is what we’re talking about, not one way hashed.