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PAP transmits unencrypted [[ASCII]] passwords over the network and is therefore considered insecure. It is used as a last resort when the remote server does not support a stronger authentication protocol, like [[Challenge-handshake authentication protocol|CHAP]] or [[Extensible Authentication Protocol|EAP]] (while the last is actually a framework).
'''Password-based authentication''' is the protocol that two entities share a password in advance and use the password as the basis of authentication. Existing password authentication
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