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CHAP

CHAP
1. Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol. An authentication protocol. The server sends the client a (one time) key to be used to encrypt a username and password combination. Subsequently the server may reconfirm the connection by repeating the process - this is to protect against an attacker substituting a different client once the connection has been made.
2. In general speech: A man or boy.