WvV>> Why you don't trust binkd.

 BP> maybe sending passwords in clear text is one of them ?

it usually sends encrypted passwords and it's also possible to enforce CRAM-MD5

# * '-md' means "Must have CRAM-MD5". This works only with the nodes using
#       versions of binkd or argus supporting this method. Do not set it if
#       your link can use an old version of binkd.