On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Omer wrote:
This is not a solution for a large scale organization....
--Ariel
> Quite a lot of pop clients support apop (qpop, for instance).
> Granted, it's no ssh or ssl - but it's better than nothing.
>
> UW's IMAP server supports some sort of challange/response
> security mechanism (CRAM-MD5? I'm not sure).
>
> Anyhow, it's not too hard (if anything, it's darn easy)
> to get stunnel or sslwrap running and allow your to enjoy
> the benefits of encrypted email (for the paranoid, anyhow).
>
> Ariel Biener wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> >
> > Tzafrir, what pop3/imap clients support secure connection ?
> >
> > There might be a reason for the Technion's system administrators for not
> > installing the suggested software. I am sure the reason is not their
> > disconcern about Technion's users security.
> >
> > If you feel so strong about the subject, take a walk to the CC, and talk
> > to a system administrator, and ask him to explain their decision. I am
> > sure they will gladly do so.
> >
> > --Ariel
> >
> > P.S. Just a reminder to users that sysadmins are there to help, not hinder.
> >
> > > Since T2's admins would not install a secure pop3/imap/anything server on
> > > T2 I use the less elegant solution of opening a ssh connection to T2 with
> > > forwarding of t2:110 to localhost:20110 . If you do that you may also
> > > consider forwarding t2:21and maybe others. (Actually - I use imap, so I
> > > forward t2:143 to localhost:20143). Note that this solution also applies
> > > to windows users (if they use scrt/ttssh to open a ssh connection).
> > >
> > > Then I simply have to tell my client to query on localhost:20143 instead
> > > of t2[:143]
> > >
> > > Tzafrir Cohen
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Dmitry Fink (aka FINiK) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Till now I wasn't worried about security at all, but recently
> > > > some things happened that changed my mind, and I decided to secure my
> > > > system. I installed ssh/ssh2, and almost succeded configuring it (couldn't
> > > > they just do the 2 versions more compatible?). But the real challenge is -
> >> > "How the hell do I prevent from my fetchmail (for example) to send
> > > > my plain user/password over the network every 5 minutes?" Are there
> > > > any other ways of secure mail-downloading? Is there SSLed POP or smth?
> > > > The solution should be supported by the server (which I have no control
> > > > of, and right now it is Technion's T2 server). But any tips for future use
> > > > (when I move out from T2) are welcome as well.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you in advance,
> > > > Dmitry Fink
> > > >
> > > >
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