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From: andfarm at teknovis.com (Andrew Farmer)
Subject: Google Desktop Search

On 16 Oct 2004, at 13:51, rem wrote:
> What is the added benefit of sending MD5 hashes instead of plain-text 
> passwords? I mean, the MD5 hash will be the same for the same 
> password, isn't it?
>
> I hope that Yahoo has implemented something more complicated that 
> that, otherwise it is plain pointless.

Take a closer look at how it's being used. The client isn't just 
sending a MD5 hash of the password -- there's a challenge/response 
system being used.
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