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Re:sendmail patch for smtps (SSL-SMTP)?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Enzo Michelangeli)
Mon Jul 5 10:39:55 1999
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 07:45:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Enzo Michelangeli <em@who.net>
To: shamrock@netcom.com, coderpunks@toad.com, cryptography@c2.net
[...]
>No, just installing an SSL wrapper/port redirector in front of SMTP wi=
ll not
>work. Unlike pops and imaps, smtps involves more than just wrapping SM=
TP in
>SSL and running the service on a new port.
Actually, the "simple wrapping" has been deprecated also for POP3 and I=
MAP, essentially to save port numbers and simplify the firewall setup.=
There are IETF drafts about using the "STARTTLS" mechanism also for t=
hose protocols: they can be found searching the draft pages at www.i=
etf.org .
Enzo
