On 15 Feb 1995, NORSE::SMALL_DO wrote:
> Hi:
> I haven't seen this discussed here before and I have had some
> requests from users who want to connect to a pop mail server that is
> on the untrusted side of our firewall. Are there any proxy servers
> available for pop mail? What implications would there be in opening up
> ports 109 (pop2) or 110 (pop3) on the firewall and routing the packets
> through? Is this even possible? One concern would possibly be with
> address spoofing I suppose but I believe we have that covered with the
> router (on the untrusted side) not allowing source routing. Am I wrong?
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>
> =Doug Small
>
> Doug Small: The Ohio State University Medical Center
> small_do @
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edu Work: (614) 293-3860
Doesn't POP use cleartext passwords to authenticate users? If so, this
sounds like a really bad idea, since anyone sniffing things would then
have a userid, password, and at least the ability to subvert mail.....
--- David
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