[tor-talk] IMAPS login errors

[Philipp Winter]

On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 11:11:16PM +0000, arnst at runbox.no wrote:
> I'm using IMAPS over Tor for email purposes.  Sporadically I get
> 'password incorrect' errors which usually go away when I click 'Retry'.
>  Is this some kind of MitM attack?

Real MitM attacks typically don't cause "password incorrect" error messages.

Incidentally, there are two exit relays whose IMAPS traffic is modified by
"security" software:
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/E5A75EE11A35F9DAF74B13BBA9D3CF0AA8F3AD2D
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/B40A3DC61FD7C18B8FFFA62FFA98CA7AAF8D8107

The former uses a Fortinet device whereas the latter uses an antivirus scanner.

Cheers,
Philipp