On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:06:14PM +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote:

> > Viktor Dukhovni:
> > 
> >> POODLE is not an SMTP attack.  No need to panic.  Disabling SSL
> >> 3.0 may feel good, but the net effect is slightly negative, since
> >> you'll now use cleartext with SSLv3-only SMTP peers.
> > 
> > to calculate the damage, count:
> > 
> > < inbound >
> > # grep 'TLS connection established from' /var/log/mail | sed -e
> > 's/^.*\]\: //' -e 's/ with cipher.*//' | sort | uniq -c
> 
> 
> > 
> > < outbound >
> > # grep 'TLS connection established to' /var/log/mail | sed -e
> > 's/^.*\]:25\: //' -e 's/ with cipher.*//' | sort | uniq -c
> > 
> > Andreas
> > 
> 
> doesnt look loosing much here
> 
> 4 SSLv3
>   22353 TLSv1
> 
> 2 SSLv3
>   17664 TLSv1

Yep, "slightly negative".  The magnitude of the effect will vary
from site to site.

-- 
        Viktor.

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