why encryption schemes for pap

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

> why are encryption schemes for pap required?
> 
> it is supposed to be clear-text under all circumstances right???
> 
> we can see in radiusd.conf..
> # PAP module to authenticate users based on their stored password
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

do you want to store the users passwords in plain text? many people
dotn - thus, you can store them in crypt, md5 or sha1 forms
instead within plain text files, database tables, or even unix
passwd files.

alan