Ye, but how many mail clients actually support APOP? Last I knew, only
Eudora. Is their something that Iam missing?
Greg
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Greg Whalin
gwhalin @
numerix .
com
On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Fernando da Silveira Montenegro wrote:
> On 27 Sep 1996 14:37:33 -0700, in listas.firewalls you wrote:
>
> >Well, one addition. With standard POP, the password is sent cleartext. =20
> >It would be nice to find a way to establish a secure encrypted chanel=20
> >before the password is sent. This would entail some sort of SSL POP=20
> >client (or something similar).
>
> Doesn´t APOP solve this (not sending password in the clear)?
>
> The process would be:
> - Server listens on SMTP (25)
> - Sorts out recipient and encrypts with public key before placing in
> /var/spool/mail
> - Client authenticates through APOP
> - POP server sends mail (encrypted) to client
> - Client software decrypts with private key (perhaps automagically?)
>
> how does this sound?
>
> >Greg
> >
> >--------------------
> >Greg Whalin
> >gwhalin @
numerix .
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>
> Fernando
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