[squid-users] Clear text passwords

I have setup squid to authenticate to our Active Directory LDAP. Are these passwords being passwd in clear text between the browser and LDAP? If so is there anyway around it?

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Received on Mon Aug 08 2005 - 12:30:39 MDT