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In insecure mode, the notebook is run over plain HTTP. That means that the usernames, passwords, and all commands are sent in plaintext. In secure mode, the notebook uses SSL which means all of the above things are encrypted before they're sent.

As to the command-line options, the current conventions is due mainly to historical purposes. There is a patch at #21 which makes things follow thing more common GNU conventions.