AFP and SMB are not encrypted AFAIK. Maybe you mean the authentication is not in...

		js2 on Jan 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Complete Hacker Tutorial to getting Time Machine o... AFP and SMB are not encrypted AFAIK. Maybe you mean the authentication is not in clear text, but the data transfer is. (NFS doesn't really have authentication unless you use Kerberos, which doesn't pass cleartext credentials either.)