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'''Password Authentication Protocol''', sometimes abbreviated '''PAP''', is a simple authentication protocol used to authenticate a user to a remote access server or Internet service provider (ISP). PAP transmits unencrypted [[ASCII]] passwords over the network and is therefore considered insecure.

'''Password Authentication Protocol''', sometimes abbreviated '''PAP''', is a simple authentication protocol used to authenticate a user to a remote access server or Internet service provider (ISP). PAP transmits unencrypted [[ASCII]] passwords over the network and is therefore considered insecure.

See also: [[Challenge-handshake authentication protocol]]

PAP transmits unencrypted [[ASCII]] passwords over the network and is therefore considered insecure.

''See also:''

See* also:CHAP - [[Challenge-handshake authentication protocol]]