Well, if your looking for a specific platform, MS Exchange does support
the functionality using SSL. Also, some of the larger firewalls support
an access client that allows users to come in through the internet from
the outside. These usually use a synced password that changes after
each use.
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From: Ryan Russell/SYBASE[SMTP:Ryan .
Russell @
sybase .
com]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 1997 8:36 AM
To: Dick_Wall
Cc: firewalls
Subject: Re: Web Oriented Mail Clients
This is a limited form of VPN. A good 128-bit
SSL client will take care of the encryption piece
handily. You still need to worry about authentication
though. Encryption can't keep users from mismanaging
passwords. You might consider authentication tokens.
Ryan
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From: Dick_Wall @
stratus .
com @ smtp
Date: 08/02/97 03:25:21 PM
Subject: Web Oriented Mail Clients
Hello all ..
I appologize if I'm asking a question that has been recently
discussed
.. I've been off the list for a while and have missed recent
dialogues.
The question is ...
I'm getting approached by various groups in my company, that
want to
use Web oriented email clients, to access our email servers.
That is,
they want to use the clients from the Internet points, to access
servers
on the trusted/internal side of our network. They'd like us
therefore,
to allow http access through the firewall. We don't allow that
now, and
I don't plan to allow it in the future.
Is there a secure means for providing such email access?
Dick
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