[imp] Cannot use password with a \ in it to login to imap server

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting Kim Hoffman <khoffman at uwo.ca>:

> I am using the setup as below.  Users with a \ in their password like
> 12\Asd34
> cannot login.  However if they type in 12\\Asd34 they could login.

There is a thread from long ago about special characters in passwords.
Not sure how or if it was ever resolved.

> Now with the older version of Horde/IMP (Redhat 7, Apache 1.3.23, php 4.1.2,
> openssl 0.9.6c, horde 2.1, imp 3.1, turba 1.1, mysql 3.23.39) a user could
> have
> a \ in the password and still login with no problem.

Okay.

> Now is this a security 'plus' with the newer version as someone was telling

It could very well be an issue outside of Horde/IMP.  You've upgraded your
php, c-client and imap server between your machines, so the change could be
in any of those places.

I'm not precluding it being a problem in Horde/IMP, I'm just saying there
are other possible problem points or interactions.

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Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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