On 07/03/13 12:09, anonymous coward wrote: ... > How does SSL work with Imap in general? When I first connect to the imap > server it transmitts its certificate, right? Is the certificate then > stored in Thunderbird or will the certificate transmitted again each > time you connect to imap server? I think, if the cert gets saved in the > mail client, it is _some_ protection against the man in the middle...!?
In SSL, if the client sends a session ID to resume a session, and the server accepts it, no certificate is sent. If the server rejects it, or the client wants a new session, the certificate is sent. This behavior does not depend on Thunderbird saving the certificate. Thanks. thetuber _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
