At 06:01 PM 3/12/01 +0100, =?iso-8859-2?Q?=22Michalski=2C_Rafa=B3=22?= wrote: >Also, is PLAIN mechanism usage >(by ldap API / command line tools) >secured by any means >to avoid sending clear text passwords? Yes. The default security parameters disable SASL mechanisms using plain passwords when there are inadequate confidentiality protections in place. See SASL options in slapd.conf(8).