A network administrator is configuring a honeypot in a company's DMZ. To provide a method for hackers to access the system easily, the company needs to configure a plaintext authentication method that will send only the username and password to a service in the honeypot. Which of the following protocols should the company use?

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PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) is a simple authentication protocol that sends the username and password in plaintext, making it suitable for a honeypot scenario where easy access is desired.

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