Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 Apr 2001 15:58:02 -0700 | From | David <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: goodbye |
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> > >> So, Mr. Admin, setup your laptop to use SSL to your SMTP and POP >> server and authenticate with a client side certificate on your >> laptop. Welcome to the 21st century. You may, however, need a little >> more infrastructure than you can pull from your favourite distribution >> box. > > > RFC 2487 STARTTLS > RFC 2554 SMTP-Auth, + M$ Exchange / + Netscape > ( + a bunch of other authenticator methods ) > > Under encryption, plaintext username + password login. > The IETF protocols DO NOT support plaintext login for > obvious security reasons. > > No hazzles about autenticating by certificates. > > Availability of the feature is probably excidingly rare..
Actually TLS/SASL is exactly what I use on my systems and I offer it to whomever needs it. The way I do it is at http://blue-labs.org/clue/sendmail.html.
-d
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